In Florida teacher retention a critical with more than 4,000 unfilled teaching positions and 1,200 teachers teaching with a temporary certificate. Issue such as negative impacts on student dropout rates, turnover rates, and an increase in recruitment costs. The problem in this study is the teacher shortage in central Florida rural schools.…

The purpose of this study was to explore paraeducators' perceptions of job-related supports, challenges, and effectiveness. Qualitative interviews were collect from 47 paraeducators across three states in the South and Southwest regions of the United States. A majority of paraeducators report being satisfied in their job and having positive…

This introductory report outlines the challenges of postsecondary completion, the variable value provided by a postsecondary pathway, and the corresponding cost and debt. Together, these challenges create an inequitable, ineffective, and unsustainable U.S. postsecondary system in which individuals are increasingly reluctant to participate or…

This study investigated the relationship between job satisfaction, emotional intelligence, and organizational commitment to job performance among teachers in the Aparri East District. Involving 145 teachers across five secondary schools, the study used a descriptive correlational research method. Results showed high levels of emotional…

We analyzed data from 28,601 students enrolled at nine large, public research-intensive universities who completed the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) COVID-19 survey. Students from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds had significantly higher odds of experiencing financial hardships compared to their peers, including…

This survey wanted to obtain a national picture of teacher and principal turnover at the end of the 2021-2022 school year and districts' staffing shortages at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, researchers surveyed 300 district and charter network leaders in the American School District Panel from October to December 2022. Key findings…

In this paper, we investigate the factors that affect burnout of faculty, which we refer to as "academic fatigue", in the context of the business professors in the highly competitive and globalized market of the United Arab Emirates, which, unlike the United States, does not offer tenure to professors. It is the first paper to addresses…

Many educational centers for instructing Muslim children in the principles of Islam and the Arabic language have been established in Europe. These centers are called weekend schools; students attend these schools on the weekend to learn the Holy Qur'an in addition to Arabic language skills. The current study aimed to examine the nature of these…

Research Findings: This study examined the job demands and job resources of a sample of 273 early childhood teachers in Colorado. The study explored the relationships among their job demands and resources, occupational burnout, and turnover intentions using a two-level mediated model. Study findings suggest that teachers' emotional exhaustion and…

We investigate the degree of overconfidence in earnings percentile expectations one year, five years, and ten years after graduation. The results reveal extreme overconfidence in the expected earnings percentile five years and ten years after graduation. This overconfidence is only marginally explained by various demographic variables, including…

This study was conducted to examine whether internships can boost graduates' career development. In doing so, we develop a contingency model of internship efficacy. Employing signaling theory, we argue that internships serve as a signal of a graduate's vocational capacity to their potential employers. We propose that major-related and…

The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment led the development of three research reports that provide a nationwide analysis of trends, gaps, and opportunities facing early educator preparation programs and state competency and compensation policies. While the research was conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis has only made the…

Across the OECD, the labour-market performance of foreign-born-adults tends to lag behind that of the native-born. Immigrants are not only more likely to be unemployed or inactive, but they also earn less and work in lower-skilled jobs. Differences in skills proficiency, language spoken and country of education explain a large part--albeit not the…

The current study has gathered responses from teachers employed by a South TexasCharter school network regarding teacher retention factors. The United States Department of Education published an extensive list of teacher shortage areas every year. Schools struggle with the retention and attrition of qualified teachers as student enrollment…

This study examined the relationship between selected student and, teacher/administrator factors on graduation rates of students in South Carolina public schools. The student factors were enrollment, poverty, chronic student absenteeism, per pupil expenditure. The teacher/administrator factors were average teacher pay, superintendent years of…