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Direct linkThorpe, Anthony; Bennett-Powell, Gay – Management in Education, 2014
The importance of middle leaders in bringing about improvement in schools is well recognized in the UK, as in many other countries, with the ever-present demand for raising standards and achievement. This article outlines some initial findings and discussion points emerging from the first stage of a project exploring how middle leaders in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership Training, Secondary Schools, Mentors
Hamluk, Brian Frederick – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In comparison to other backgrounds of college and university presidents (e.g., chief academic officers, finance, institutional advancement, etc.) few presidents in American higher education achieve the presidency from a senior-level position within student affairs, and mentoring of senior student affairs officers may play a role in assisting them…
Descriptors: Mentors, Student Personnel Workers, Student Personnel Services, College Presidents
Download full textMorrin, Arleen – College Quarterly, 2013
The Canadian population is aging; many are rapidly advancing towards the age of normal retirement (Miner, 2010). The demographics for Ontario colleges are similar; in 2009, 70 percent of administrators and faculty were baby boomers, and 40 percent of the workforce in the college sector was eligible for retirement (OCASA, 2009). In 2010, there were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Administration, Planning, Occupational Mobility
Gervedink Nijhuis, Chantal J.; Pieters, Jules M.; Voogt, Joke M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
Curriculum implementation often falls short because of a lack of cultural understanding by curriculum developers and aid organizations. This paper describes a single-case study of a professional development programme for polytechnic Heads of Department in Ghana, which aimed at identifying how curriculum development activities were sensitive to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Cultural Influences, Case Studies
Gurley, D. Keith; Anast-May, Linda; Lee, H. T. – Education and Urban Society, 2015
This article describes findings from a single-case qualitative study of a unique 2-year professional development academy for practicing assistant principals designed and implemented in partnership between school district personnel and university educational leadership faculty members. The study was conducted based on the theoretical framework of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Partnerships in Education, Assistant Principals, Program Descriptions
Pilbeam, Colin; Lloyd-Jones, Gaynor; Denyer, David – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
UK higher education policy relating to doctoral-level education assumes that student networks provide the basis for informal learning and the acquisition of necessary skills and information. Through semi-structured interviews with 17 doctoral students from a UK management school, this study investigated the value of these networks to students, the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Social Networks, Social Capital
