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Pantuosco, Louis J.; Ullrich, Laura D. – Journal of Education Finance, 2010
Using a reduced form version of a theoretical expansion of Hoxby's (1996) education production model, we investigate whether bargaining teachers unions are a boon or a bust to the economy of the state. We anticipate teachers, being in the public sector veiled from competition, are less likely to be efficient. Yet, their product, education,…
Descriptors: Productivity, Unions, Public Sector, Collective Bargaining
Rajbhandari, Mani Man Singh – Online Submission, 2011
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in education is being importantly valuable in developing countries in enriching the strength pf public schools that government appears to be heavy and slow. PPP model however, initiate developmental program that encourage teachers motivation to teach. This further allows private and local community group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Partnerships in Education
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Klein, Markus – Irish Educational Studies, 2011
This article addresses the question of why fields of study differ in early labour market returns. It is argued that the higher the potential training costs of a field of study the more problematic the labour market integration of graduates. This is due to the fact that employers use the occupational specificity and selectivity of a study programme…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Expertise, Labor Market, Public Sector
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Murphy, Joseph – Journal of Educational Administration, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature from the organizational sciences to develop a grounded narrative of turnaround leadership. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is a review of literature, which employs a ten-step process to explore and make sense of the turnaround literature from the organizational sciences. The…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Sciences, Leadership, Public Sector
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Voss, Brian D.; Siegel, Peter M. – EDUCAUSE Review, 2009
Considering the unprecedented budget hardships in higher education, now may not seem to be an auspicious time to be emphasizing the importance of continuing, or even perhaps increasing, investments in information security. Decisions regarding these matters are usually in the hands of the CIOs, leaving information technology (IT) leaders in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Climate, Information Systems, Information Technology
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Tilak, Jandhyala B. G. – Higher Education Review, 2009
There has been rapid growth in private higher education in most countries, including in Asia, during the last two-three decades. This growth, mostly motivated by profit, has had an effect on education and development in general and caused loss of equity--both social and economic, an increase in regional disparities, an erosion in quality, a change…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Public Sector
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Robson, Jocelyn; Bailey, Bill – British Educational Research Journal, 2009
Since their incorporation in 1993, further education (FE) colleges in England have been responsible for their own staffing and, faced with funding constraints as well as recruitment and retention targets, some have introduced a new category of staff referred to here as "learning support workers" (LSWs). Though their employment conditions…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Adult Education, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2011
Graduate education in the natural sciences has traditionally emphasized doctoral training for academic or research careers. This training, however, is not meeting the demand for professionals in business, industry, and the public sector, where individuals with a combination of scientific, technical, and managerial skills will be required.…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Innovation, Masters Degrees, Engineering
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Waterkamp, Dietmar – European Education, 2010
The article tries to answer two questions: Has the education system of the GDR disappeared without a trace? What role could academics in the field of education from the GDR play after the state of the GDR was dissolved? The policies of the East German states are looked at with respect to the heritage of the GDR education system, and attention is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education, Systems Approach, Educational History
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Redmond, Jennifer; Harford, Judith – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2010
In 1932, the Irish government, facing an economic downturn, introduced a marriage ban which required that female primary school teachers were required to resign on marriage. This followed a series of restrictive legislative measures adopted by Irish governments throughout the 1920s which sought to limit women's participation in public life and the…
Descriptors: White Collar Occupations, Marital Status, Females, Marriage
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Thomas, Cathryn; Rose, John – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2010
Background: The current study examines a model relating to the concept of reciprocity and burnout in staff, incorporating previous research findings based upon Weiner's (1980, 1986) cognitive-emotional model linking emotions, optimism and helping behaviour, with the aim of testing the model. Materials: Staff working in community homes within the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Burnout, Path Analysis, Public Sector
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Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J. – American Educational Research Journal, 2012
This article contributes to research concerning the determinants of student mobility between public and private schools. The authors analyze a unique set of data collected as part of a new evaluation of Milwaukee's citywide voucher program. The authors find several important patterns. Students who switch from the private to the public sector were…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Private Sector, Standardized Tests, Public Sector
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Zepeda, Sally J.; Bengtson, Ed; Parylo, Oksana – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine principal succession planning and management by analyzing current practices of handling school leader succession in four Georgia school systems. Design/methodology/approach: Looking through the lens of organizational leadership succession theory, the practices of school systems as they experienced…
Descriptors: Principals, Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Mentors
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Gustavsson, Maria – Studies in Continuing Education, 2009
The aim of this article is to discuss how learning opportunities can be organized to promote expansive learning in work practice. The discussion draws on results from a case study examining local development work and conditions that facilitate processes of expansive learning in a work team within a public sector organization in a Swedish…
Descriptors: Learning, Work Environment, Public Sector, Municipalities
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Githens, Rod P. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2009
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employee resource groups have brought about substantial organizational change within corporations. Capitalist structures have enabled these changes to occur more quickly in the private sector than within the public sector. In this article, I explore how capitalism has converged with two approaches of…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Employees, Private Sector, Organizational Change
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