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Sandlin, Jennifer A.; Burdick, Jake; Norris, Trevor – Review of Research in Education, 2012
In this paper, the authors explore what citizenship means in an age that is largely defined by consumption and when education--both within and outside of schools--has become increasingly commodified and commercialized. They raise questions regarding how citizens, publics, and axiological dispositions are formed and deformed by the parasitic…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Role, Commercialization, Knowledge Economy
Tessema, Mussie T.; Winrow, Brian P.; Teclezion, Mussie M. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Over the past four decades, governments in the least developed countries (LDCs--a categorization adopted by the United Nations) have been attempting to improve the skills and knowledge of their public servants by providing local and international training programs. Despite these training activities, however, many LDCs continue to experience acute…
Descriptors: Job Training, Developed Nations, Brain Drain, Scholarships
Ward, Carolyn; Blenkinsopp, John; McCauley-Smith, Catherine – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a research agenda to underpin leadership development activity in the social housing sector, in the light of an identified need for effective leadership in this sector owing to the continual reform and changes it faces. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review is conducted by searching a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Housing, Public Sector, Leadership Training
Collegiate Employment Research Institute, 2016
The Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI) generated this sample from employers seeking college talent through their interactions with college and university career services offices. Nearly 200 career service centers from around the country invited their employers to participate in this study. Approximately 4,350 employers provided…
Descriptors: Recruitment, College Graduates, National Surveys, Trend Analysis
Pang, Min-Seok – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In this dissertation, I study the performance impact of information technology (IT) investments in the public sector. IT has been one of the key assets in public administration since the early MIS era. Even though the information systems (IS) discipline has witnessed a considerable amount of research efforts on the subject of IT business value for…
Descriptors: Public Sector, Information Technology, Public Administration, Innovation
Rivera, William M. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2011
This paper is organized into two main sections. The first section examines extension as an engine for innovation and reviews the numerous priorities confronting extension systems. Section two highlights the current knowledge imperative and the critical connection of extension to post-secondary higher education and training, organizational…
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Rural Extension, Public Sector, Change Strategies
Mertkan, Sefika – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
The English education system has been radically transformed over the last two decades. Throughout this period, the New Right and New Labour government policies have embraced the rhetoric of empowering schools to become self-managing institutions. In the course of this transformation, school leadership and management have become exceptionally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship, Politics of Education, Principals
Ashcraft, Rindee G. P.; Foster, Sharon L.; Lowery, Amy E.; Henggeler, Scott W.; Chapman, Jason E.; Rowland, Melisa D. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2011
A better understanding of clinicians' attitudes toward evidence-based treatments (EBT) will presumably enhance the transfer of EBTs for substance-abusing adolescents from research to clinical application. The reliability and validity of two measures of therapist attitudes toward EBT were examined: the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Substance Abuse, Adolescents, Measures (Individuals)
Yagnamurthy, Sreekanth; Tooley, James – Journal of School Choice, 2011
In this commentary Yagnamurthy raises several issues such as right to education, English as the medium of instruction, and quality of education in low-fee and unrecognized schools. Also, Yagnamurthy is of the view that both public and private sectors need to endeavor for equitable participation of all children in education. Tooley replies.
Descriptors: Rural Development, Educational Quality, English Instruction, Private Sector
Naidu, Sham – Online Submission, 2012
Performance Management clearly illustrates an attempt by the State to control the work of teachers by making them more efficient, more effective and more accountable. This article will critically scrutinise this bureaucratic process and amplify the voices of those being controlled and will highlight first-hand accounts of how teachers employ…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Personnel Management, Teachers, Evaluation
Duke, Chris; Hinzen, Heribert – Adult Learning, 2012
There can no longer be any doubt that adult education within lifelong learning is a key factor for economic and social development, as well as being a human right. New policies for adult education must now result in coherent forms of laws and legislation clearly spelling out ways and means for financing adult education. These must involve the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Public Sector, Human Resources
Murray, Dennis J. – Presidency, 2009
Last year, IBM Corporation conducted a study to determine what the successful enterprise of the future would look like. Its research was based on surveys of 1,130 CEOs, general managers, and senior public sector and business leaders from around the world. A few college and university presidents also were asked to participate. After 30 years as a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Sector, College Presidents, Models
Osterman, Mark; Thirunarayanan, M.; Ferris, Elizabeth C.; Pabon, Lizette C.; Paul, Natalie; Berger, Rhonda – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2012
Museums are competing with a vast variety of Internet-based information delivery sites to keep the public interested in their institutions. To keep pace Museums are increasingly turning to the use of Web 2.0 tools to draw in the public and maintain a standing as cultural and educational leaders. Several museums have started using Twitter. This…
Descriptors: Museums, Public Sector, Web 2.0 Technologies, Guides
Willis, Martin – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2012
This paper examines the learning gained from facilitating four action-learning sets whose members were drawn from management teams of local authority, health, education and police, working in partnership. Facilitation posed a series of difficult choices which impacted on personal and organizational dynamics within and between the partnership…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Public Sector, Facilitators (Individuals), Experiential Learning
Swanberg, Jennifer E.; Ojha, Mamta U.; Macke, Caroline – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Evidence indicates that domestic violence has negative consequences on victims' employment; yet employers lag in recognizing this as a workplace issue. To address the problem, some states have established several policy solutions. To understand the scope of the public sector's response to domestic violence as a workplace issue, a content analysis…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Social Bias, Employment, Employer Attitudes