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Uljens, Michael; Ylimaki, Rose M. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2017
This non-affirmative, bridging research program sees education as deliberation-based activity. Non-affirmative education is critical regarding policies and cultural practices, yet being mindful that education preparing for life, work and agency in democratic societies must create spaces for growth that are not only socialization or transformation…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Research, Grounded Theory, Agenda Setting
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Bass, Randy; Eynon, Bret – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2017
The last five years have been active and noisy ones for the impact of technology and online education on the future of colleges and universities. Much has been said to disparage the traditional institutional model and champion strategies of disrupting or "unbundling" higher education, powered by the explosion of Web-based learning…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Principles, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Mavrogordato, Madeline; White, Rachel S. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
As state and federal policymakers continue to adopt more centralized policies, it is increasingly important to understand how policies, particularly those designed to enhance education for underserved students, are implemented locally. We employ a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design to investigate the implementation of one policy, that…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Classification, Policy Analysis, Program Implementation
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Streitwieser, Bernhard; Beecher, Bradley – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2017
Higher education institutions today are locked in fierce global competition. This is driven by many factors, but perhaps mostly by the highly public international rankings that exert tremendous pressures on institutional leaders. The importance that rankings have taken on recently (Yudkevich, Altbach, & Rumbley, 2016) critically affects the…
Descriptors: International Schools, Multicampus Colleges, Information Dissemination, Information Management
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Roberts, William L.; Boulet, John; Sandella, Jeanne – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2017
When the safety of the public is at stake, it is particularly relevant for licensing and credentialing exam agencies to use defensible standard setting methods to categorize candidates into competence categories (e.g., pass/fail). The aim of this study was to gather evidence to support change to the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing-USA…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Comparative Analysis, Clinical Experience, Skill Analysis
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Wei, Wei – Chinese Education & Society, 2017
Realizing there is a global policy convergence that emphasizes the standardized key qualities of and expectations for "successful" school leaders, this article provides an in-depth analysis on the initiation of the "Professional Standards for Compulsory Schools Principals" (Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Standards, Administrative Principles
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Jones, Sandra; Harvey, Marina – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2017
The higher education sector operates in an increasingly complex global environment that is placing it under considerable stress and resulting in widespread change to the operating context and leadership of higher education institutions. The outcome has been the increased likelihood of conflict between academics and senior leaders, presaging the…
Descriptors: Models, Higher Education, Leadership Styles, Change Strategies
National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, 2017
Improving school climate takes time and commitment from a variety of people in a variety of roles. This document outlines key action steps that noninstructional staff--including guidance counselors, social workers, school psychologists, office staff, bus drivers, maintenance and facility staff, and food service staff--can take to support school…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Improvement, Educational Resources, Administrative Principles
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, 2017
The University of Alaska System and its constituent institutions are faced with significant--and opposing--forces and pressures. The future well-being of the state will, in many ways, be shaped by the nature and extent of their contributions to the education of the state's citizens and workforce, the expansion and diversification of the state's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Best Practices, Program Effectiveness, Performance Factors
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2016
Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on Principal Leadership and includes: (1) Fostering Excellence through Social Justice Principles in Schools Serving English Learners…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Styles, Administrative Principles
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Brown, Jennifer L.; da Silva, Stephanie; Newberry, Jennifer – College Student Journal, 2018
One out of every three students who begin an academic school year does not return for a second year, which has remained unchanged for the past 50 years. The Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education could improve the classroom learning environment, which could lead to increased student satisfaction and retention. More empirical…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Program Validation, Academic Persistence, Test Construction
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Gómez-Hurtado, Inmaculada; González-Falcón, Inmaculada; Coronel, José M. – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2018
The aim of this article is to examine how school principals perceive cultural diversity and management. To this end, qualitative research was carried out for one semester in four secondary schools in Andalusia (Spain). Through interviews and discussion groups, triangulated with other qualitative research techniques, we explored the mindset and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Principals, Educational Administration
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Mifsud, Denise – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
In this paper, I explore the relationship of democracy to educational leadership; more specifically, to the notion of distributed leadership as it unfolds within policy-mandated multi-site school collaboratives, with particular reference to practices in go. Under the policy framework "For All Children To Succeed" introduced in Malta in…
Descriptors: Democracy, Authoritarianism, Participative Decision Making, Transformational Leadership
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Omemu, Felix – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
This study examined the relationship between administrative strategy by principals and their effectiveness in tackling disciplinary problems. Three research questions were asked and one hypothesis was raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Ninety-five randomly selected principals from Bayelsa State constitute the sample. The instrument…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discipline Problems, Administrative Principles, Leadership Styles
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Baker, Vicki L.; Greer, Jane; Lunsford, Laura G.; Pifer, Meghan J.; Ihas, Dijana – Innovative Higher Education, 2017
We conducted a content-analysis of the websites of 100 institutional members of the Council of Undergraduate Research in order to examine the relationship between messages communicated on websites as compared to messages expressed within institutional procedures and policies. Findings show that public research institutions were more likely than…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Content Analysis, Web Sites, Administrative Principles
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