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Download full textPizarro Milian, Roger – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2018
Conventional scholarship within the sociology of education and organizations posits that schools achieve legitimacy by virtue of conforming to normative standards, abiding by government regulations and mimicking the forms of successful peers. Through this study, an examination of a sample of 751 Canadian for-profit colleges (FPCs) is performed,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Advancement, Proprietary Schools, Private Colleges
Direct linkDriscoll, Cathy; Price, Shelley; McKee, Margaret; Nicholls, Jason – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2017
This paper explores how sustainability has been integrated into and communicated in Canadian Master's of Business Administration (MBA) programs. We content analyzed university, business school, and MBA program mission and values statements; communicated strategic priorities; and relevant academic calendar content, as well as sustainability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education
Kolomitro, Klodiana; Anstey, Lauren M. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2017
There is general consensus that teaching and learning centres have a positive impact on promoting and supporting a culture that values teaching and learning, yet there is limited evidence on how centres evaluate their work. For this purpose, a survey was developed and administered to the directors of 88 Canadian centres; 46 of which completed the…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Evaluation, Administrator Surveys, Administrator Attitudes
Leal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Becker, Deisi; Skanavis, Constantina; Kounani, Aristea; Sardi, Chrysoula; Papaioannidou, Dimitra; Paço, Arminda; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; de Sousa, Luiza Olim; Raath, Schalk; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Shiel, Christine; Vargas, Valeria; Trencher, Gregory; Marans, Robert W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related to sustainability, and are an indicator of the extent to which they are active in this field. This paper aims to examine the evidence which currently exists to support this assumption. It…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Universities, School Policy
Kumi, Asamoah Moses; Seidu, Abarichie Adamu – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
This article examines some selected Educational Policies of First and Second Cycle Institutions in Ghana and Burkina Faso, in comparison with that of the UK and US. The purpose of the study is to itemise the commonalities and differences in Educational Policies of both developed (UK and US) and developing countries (Ghana and Burkina Faso) in…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Sawyer, Wayne – English in Australia, 2015
In this article I argue for the defining importance of document study for researchers in curriculum. Two examples of previous analyses are provided, one demonstrating an approach to language analysis of the "Australian Curriculum: English" from the Literature strand, the other a study of the relationship of curricula to each other in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, English Curriculum, Teacher Researchers, Research Methodology
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
Retna, Kala S.; Ng, Pak Tee – Management in Education, 2016
The rise of interest in the learning organization (LO) concept attests to the value of learning by individuals and organizations for continuous improvement and adaptability to the ever-changing environment. Although the LO concept originated from business contexts, it was subsequently extended to educational organizations, particularly to schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Interviews
Poli, Susi; Georgas, Thomas – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2016
This article contextualises the Higher Education in Italy from the outset by describing deeply rooted but accepted practices, such as the long-term dominance of academic groups in decision making--baroni and their "court"--and also the widespread custom of "Raccomandazioni" as the means to lead mechanisms of recruitment among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professionalism, Higher Education, Case Studies
Winslett, Greg – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
The decision-making around resource allocation in universities is complex. It plays out through the structures of governance and bureaucracy, through interactions with colleagues, workplace cultures and through day-to-day individual work practices. To survive and succeed within this complex environment, teaching support staff need to be sensitive…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Governance, Strategic Planning, Discourse Analysis
Zimmerman, Aaron Samuel – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2017
Novice teachers begin their careers with certain instructional ideals; however, in practice, novice teachers tend to enact classroom practices that only partially align with these ideals--a phenomenon referred to as the problem of enactment. This article explores this phenomenon by investigating the classroom thinking of three novice teachers.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Beginning Teachers, High Schools, Teacher Attitudes
Jackson, Liz – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
Improving mainstream perceptions of diversity in Hong Kong is fundamental to enhancing equality and human rights in the society in the future. The importance of mainstream members of society learning to recognize diversity with less prejudice undergirds many of the aims of a recent educational reform, Liberal Studies. This paper evaluates the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Multicultural Education, Textbook Evaluation
da Silva, Rui; dos Santos, Júlio Gonçalves; Pacheco, José Augusto – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2015
This article focuses on education in Guinea-Bissau in the context of globalisations, examining the concept of globalisation and its relation to education and the curriculum. It focuses on the relatively neglected area of national education policies in Guinea-Bissau, comparing differences and common points of interference/influence of multilateral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Awada, Ghada; Diab, Hassan – Cogent Education, 2016
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of Lebanon's Education Reform Strategy and Action Plan (LERSAP) set in 2011 as a form of the educational reform the curriculum underwent through focusing on promoting and employing the information communication technology (ICT) tools. The LERSAP was launched to equip teachers…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Educational Planning, Curriculum Development
Stankovska, Gordana; Angelkoska, Slagana; Grncaroska, Svetlana Pandiloska – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2015
In education, inclusion is a process of mutual respect for differences of every student and his/her needs, in which the focus is placed on the student. The education system, on the other hand, should deal with the challenges that all students face, including the special educational needs students. The main purpose of this paper is to investigate…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Case Studies
