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Direct linkSaarivirta, Toni; Kumpulainen, Kristiina – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide national information on school autonomy, leadership and student achievements in Finland. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is a literature review on Finnish studies focusing on school autonomy, leadership and student achievement. The studies have been reviewed on the basis of a content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Autonomy, Academic Achievement, Literature Reviews
Kuraev, Alex – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
Historically, the university was an alien establishment for Russia, reflecting the political ambition of its leadership, not the organic impetus of Russian society. In Soviet academia, the notion of university education was replaced by the concept of vocational-technical training. As a creation of the Soviet government, Soviet higher education…
Descriptors: Western Civilization, Administrative Organization, Higher Education, International Education
Download full textMachin, Stephen; Silva, Olmo – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013
In this paper, we survey the UK-based literature on school structures and school autonomy to identify settings in which alternative and more autonomous school arrangements can improve the educational attainments of pupils in the bottom tail of the achievement distribution. We also present new evidence on the effect of school academies on the…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedFaber, Charles F.; Martin, Don, Jr. – Contemporary Education, 1979
The complexities of educational autonomy v legislative intervention are examined in view of the various court cases that seek to interpret the intention of constitutional law. (LH)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
Kent, Rollin – 1995
This paper analyzes and compares two 1994 reports on the state of higher education in developing nations, the World Bank's "Higher Education: The Lesson of Experience" and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) "Policy Paper on Change and Development in Higher Education." It examines…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Administration, Educational Attitudes
