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Direct linkGunnulfsen, Ann Elisabeth, Ed.; Ärlestig, Helene, Ed.; Storgaard, Merete, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2023
This book discusses principals' prerequisites and work within the five Nordic countries and focuses on schools as formal institutions that carry out functions delegated to them by the social collective. It includes a discussion about what kind of state policy demonstrates autonomy in Nordic schools, as well as the ways in which school leaders as…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Leadership, Principals, State Policy
Antonina Santalova Ed.; Kaire Põder Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2024
Privatization of education has become a prevalent global trend, representing a significant shift from viewing education as a public good to considering it as a private commodity. This transformation is closely tied to the modernization of the state under the principles of neoliberalism. A comprehensive analysis, as presented in this book using…
Descriptors: Privatization, Public Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Joseph Zajda, Editor; Pamela Hallam, Editor – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2024
This book analyses dominant discourses of globalisation and leadership in schools. The chapters in this volume advance further the discussions of the nexus between globalisation and leadership in schools. The politics of education reforms, governance and school leadership in the 21st century reflect a new emerging paradigm of standards-driven and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Leadership, Educational Change, Governance
Bleiklie, Ivar, Ed.; Enders, Jürgen, Ed.; Lepori, Benedetto, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 2017
This book asks how modern universities are organized and managed, and questions whether 30 years of university reforms have resulted in stronger managerial structures and leadership control. It further asks whether current organisational and decision-making structures can be explained by public reform policies. The book offers a coherent,…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Change, College Administration, Decision Making
Moos, Lejf, Ed.; Alfirevic, Nikša, Ed.; Pavicic, Jurica, Ed.; Koren, Andrej, Ed.; Cacija, Ljiljana Najev, Ed. – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2020
This book analyses selected critical concepts of policy and practice in educational leadership in five European countries. The editors and contributors cover Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Denmark and Norway, spanning a wide geographical region as well as diverse historical and political contexts. The analyses primarily consider the issues of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Educational Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Policy
Goodman, Roger, Ed.; Kariya, Takehiko, Ed.; Taylor, John, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
The relationship between the state and higher education institutions has always been a complex one. The "state" itself in this context is a heterogeneous mix of elite people--bureaucrats, politicians, committees of co-opted academics and business leader--and it increasingly faces pressures from diverse stakeholders, including students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Public Sector, Higher Education
Download full textAmerican Council of Learned Societies, 2007
In 1918, just one year before the founding of American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Thorstein Veblin wrote, "In one shape or another, this problem of adjustment, reconciliation or compromise between the needs of higher learning and the demands of the business enterprise is forever present in the deliberations of the university…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Organizational Culture, Essays, Humanities
Apple, Michael W., Ed.; Ball, Stephen J., Ed.; Gandin, Luis Armando, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This collection brings together many of the world's leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. The thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educational processes, global trends, and changing and enduring forms of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Higher Education, Middle Class
Online Submission, 2006
South-East Asia is a region of vast development diversity but also many commonalities. And the development of higher education in the region, stemmed from its different historical background is changing rapidly towards their respective socio-economic needs. The publication is a joint research study by UNESCO Bangkok and Southeast Asian Ministers…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Change
