In contrast with that basic understanding of university autonomy, in most continental European countries, such as France, and also in Japan, the government has tightly controlled universities, in terms of both their organization and activities. In these countries, the concept of "governance" is often lacking, as institutions were not…

This article presents minutes of the American Educational Research Association's meetings held in Santa Monica, California, on February 4-6, 2011. President Kris D. Gutierrez led a discussion of the meeting dates for the summer Executive Board and Council meetings. It was agreed that members of Council will be polled to determine the best dates…

This volume includes three sections of the 2021 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; and (3) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 15 papers covering the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education,…

The NEAIR 2015 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Burlington, VT, conference. Papers in this document include:(1) Strategies to Analyze Course and Teaching Evaluation Data (Kati Li); (2) Using a Mixed Methods Approach to Assess a Leadership Mentoring Program (Betty Harper); (3) Flagship Institutions and the Struggle…

This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…

This proceedings report presents forum presentations, transcripts from question and answer sessions, and remarks made at the national presidents invitational forum on outreach which address the capacity of individual leaders at institutions of higher education to embrace fundamental shifts in beliefs and values about leaders, about the process of…

The report contains eight conference presentations made by professional vocational-technical educators as they considered decisions necessary to occupational education program development in a period of rapidly changing times. The speakers' topics were related to decisions concerned with changes in society, competency based teacher education, new…

This year the Research Institute for Higher Education in Hiroshima University hosted an international conference in close collaboration with Hijiyama University. The main purpose of the 2008 conference was to enable the participants to give preliminary country/regional reports based on their national/regional surveys. This publication reports the…

This report resulted from a national workshop held September 5-6, 1995, near Johannesburg, South Africa. The theme of the workshop, "Reflections on Conflict and Peace," was chosen to echo the nature and purpose of the workshop. The major papers presented include: (1) "Conflict and Peace Research Methodology" (Louise…

Two conferences were held to assist principals, superintendents, deans, and Teacher Corps directors in institutionalizing the temporary systems of Teacher Corps projects into the permanent systems of the school, community, or university. The overall goals for the conferences were: (1) to develop and test a variety of professional development…

A collection of papers presented at a conference on curriculum decision making are compiled in this publication. The conference, sponsored by the Alberta Department of Education, Teachers Association and School Trustees Associations, had the primary purpose of recommending answers to the "who", "what," and "how" questions that arise in connection…

The Second Annual Federal Forecasters Conference, "Forecasting and Public Policy", provided a forum where forecasters from various Federal agencies could meet and discuss aspects of forecasting in the U.S. Government. A total of 140 forecasters from 42 Federal agencies and other organizations attended the conference. Opening remarks by…

Issues related to the authority structures governing local public school districts are presented in this volume, which includes a paper and three discussant comments. The thesis of the main paper is that school organization affects the outcomes of public schools. The relationship between features of the formal authority structure to central reform…

Five papers examine various facets of the new administrative structures of continuing education in England since 1970. Papers include: the chief administrative officer as college secretary (R.J. Stephens); the chief administrative officer and the academic board (A.M. Davis); the department head and the academic board (H.D. Law); decisionmaking and…

This report comprises edited versions of the presentations from the 17 participants in a conference under the sponsoreship of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. The conference was designed to enable policy-makers, educators, and business people to share perspectives on the most effective methods for identifying and collecting data that…