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Direct linkJoseph Zajda, Editor; Pamela Hallam, Editor – Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, 2024
This book analyses dominant discourses of globalisation and leadership in schools. The chapters in this volume advance further the discussions of the nexus between globalisation and leadership in schools. The politics of education reforms, governance and school leadership in the 21st century reflect a new emerging paradigm of standards-driven and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Leadership, Educational Change, Governance
Bleiklie, Ivar, Ed.; Enders, Jürgen, Ed.; Lepori, Benedetto, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education, 2017
This book asks how modern universities are organized and managed, and questions whether 30 years of university reforms have resulted in stronger managerial structures and leadership control. It further asks whether current organisational and decision-making structures can be explained by public reform policies. The book offers a coherent,…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Change, College Administration, Decision Making
Moos, Lejf, Ed.; Alfirevic, Nikša, Ed.; Pavicic, Jurica, Ed.; Koren, Andrej, Ed.; Cacija, Ljiljana Najev, Ed. – Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education, 2020
This book analyses selected critical concepts of policy and practice in educational leadership in five European countries. The editors and contributors cover Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Denmark and Norway, spanning a wide geographical region as well as diverse historical and political contexts. The analyses primarily consider the issues of…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Educational Change, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Policy
Goodman, Roger, Ed.; Kariya, Takehiko, Ed.; Taylor, John, Ed. – Symposium Books, 2013
The relationship between the state and higher education institutions has always been a complex one. The "state" itself in this context is a heterogeneous mix of elite people--bureaucrats, politicians, committees of co-opted academics and business leader--and it increasingly faces pressures from diverse stakeholders, including students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Public Sector, Higher Education
Neave, Guy, Ed. – 2000
Three broad subthemes were addressed in a conference focusing on the responsibilities of universities. These were anticipating change relative to university development, the international knowledge enterprise, and academic freedom and university autonomy as prerequisite for the university meeting its responsibilities. Following an introduction,…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Role, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Neave, Guy, Ed. – 2000
This book examines the challenges posed to the leadership of the world's universities and their vision of the role of higher education in society through speeches delivered by key personalities to major conferences sponsored by the International Association of Universities. Following an introduction, "Voices of Constancy, Voices of Change: Higher…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Educational Change, Educational History
Apple, Michael W., Ed.; Ball, Stephen J., Ed.; Gandin, Luis Armando, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This collection brings together many of the world's leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. The thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educational processes, global trends, and changing and enduring forms of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Higher Education, Middle Class
Download full textBeare, H., Ed.; Boyd, W. Lowe, Ed. – 1993
The decade 1980-90 saw a spate of educational reconstruction occurring simultaneously in many countries. This book argues that the school restructuring of the past 10 years has been called the "education-reform movement," but that term is somewhat misleading. The current reform efforts seem to aim primarily at the control and governance of both…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Decentralization, Educational Change
Watson, Hugh – 1985
This volume is part of a series of monographs from Australia devoted to outlining an alternative approach, based on neo-Marxist concepts, to educational administration. The introductory essay in the volume is an argument for the democratization of education by establishing a case for changing schools: by discussing industrial democracy as a…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Mauch, James E., Ed.; Sabloff, Paula L. W., Ed. – 1995
This collection of nine articles presents case studies of educational reform and change in 10 nations, focusing on the changing role of government involvement in higher education. The articles are: (1) "University-State Relations in Britain: Paradigm of Autonomy" (Peter Scott); (2) "Changing Conceptions of State-University…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Leitner, Erich, Ed. – 1998
The conference papers examine higher education reforms in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe from several research perspectives: political, economic, pedagogical, and sociological. Papers are organized in three sections: Higher Education Policies and Institutional Change; Central European Higher Education in Transition; and Higher…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decision Making, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Radford, John; Raaheim, Kjell; de Vries, Peter; Williams, Ruth – 1997
This book explores some of the underlying issues related to the changes taking place in British higher education. Individual chapters focus on the development of higher education in Britain, the various purposes it serves, how to assess it, and how to improve delivery. Part 1 addresses the dilemmas of mass higher education, and traces the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Change, Change Strategies
Altbach, Philip G., Ed.; Berdahl, Robert O., Ed. – 1981
The wide-ranging impact of social, political and economic forces on higher education and their specific consequences for faculty, students, and administrators is addressed within the broad context of autonomy and accountability. The book is organized around several themes. The first section discusses such basic issues as: the historical…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Academic Freedom, Accountability, College Administration
Brennan, John, Ed.; de Vries, Peter, Ed.; Williams, Ruth, Ed. – 1997
The papers in this book reflect current debates on academic standards and quality assurance, and speak from the perspective of institutional leaders and national quality bodies and higher education researchers. Included are reports on the progress of several international quality initiatives and studies on the impact of external quality assurance…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Change Strategies
Online Submission, 2006
South-East Asia is a region of vast development diversity but also many commonalities. And the development of higher education in the region, stemmed from its different historical background is changing rapidly towards their respective socio-economic needs. The publication is a joint research study by UNESCO Bangkok and Southeast Asian Ministers…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Change
