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Considering a College Presidency: Family, Mentors, and Ambition for Women Leaders
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Jefferson, Jennifer S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Women remain a minority in the college presidency, representing only about a quarter of all presidents. Using interviews, document review, and a researcher's journal, this qualitative study examined why women choose to pursue or not pursue presidencies of small- and medium-sized, public and private, 2-year and 4-year New England colleges. It…
Descriptors: Females, Women Administrators, College Presidents, Documentation
"Everything Is about Balance": Graduate Education Faculty and the Navigation of Difficult Discourses on Race
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Murray-Johnson, Kayon; Ross-Gordon, Jovita M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2018
The purpose of this multiple case study was to describe the experiences of graduate education faculty of varying racial/ethnic backgrounds, learning to navigate difficult discourses on race effectively over time. The study employed positionality as a theoretical framework. Findings indicate that faculty balance what we refer to as "strategies…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Faculty, Classroom Communication, Race
Perceived Managerial and Leadership Effectiveness within Higher Education in France
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Hamlin, Robert G.; Patel, Taran – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in many countries are currently experiencing significant changes in how they are organized and managed. Consequently, exploring the kind of manager/leader behaviours that are perceived as effective and least effective/ineffective by peers, subordinates, collaborators, and team members in HEIs becomes important.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership Effectiveness, Organizational Change, Administrative Organization
Beyond the Student Teaching Seminar: Examining Transformative Learning through Arts-Based Approaches
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Bhukhanwala, Foram; Dean, Kim; Troyer, Maryellen – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2017
This qualitative study examined the question: How can arts-based approaches facilitate transformative learning in a student teaching seminar? Two teacher educators facilitated a supplemental and voluntary arts-based ST seminar that comprised six, two-hour sessions. Thirty-four student teachers participated over five semesters making use of Theater…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Teachers, Seminars, Preservice Teacher Education
Unearthing the Complexities of Clinical Pedagogy in Supervision: Identifying the Pedagogical Skills of Supervisors
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Burns, Rebecca West; Badiali, Bernard – Action in Teacher Education, 2016
Instructional supervision is a highly complex endeavor as supervisors work to enhance teacher, teacher candidate, and school effectiveness. The process of learning to supervise well can be daunting and difficult. Recent research on teaching has focused on enhancing teachers' ability to notice or observe aspects of teaching and student learning.…
Descriptors: Teacher Supervision, Supervisors, Teaching Skills, Skill Development
An Exploration of the "Lived Experience" of One Cohort of Academic Peer Mentors at a Small Australian University
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Couchman, Judith A. – Australasian Journal of Peer Learning, 2009
Academic peer mentoring programs have gained a firm place in higher education student support over the last couple of decades. One such program, Supplemental Instruction (SI), has been extensively evaluated as particularly effective in the United States and has subsequently figured in recommendations for adoption by both Australian and New Zealand…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Mentors, Qualitative Research