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Moraa, Samba Serah; Chepkoech, Koske Luciana; Simiyu, Mulongo Leonard – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Decentralization of teacher recruitment and selection in Kenya was as a result of World Bank/IMF policies, which support projects that guarantee direct net economic returns by productivity and indirect returns on externalities. The approach has been used as a way of improving service delivery. This strategy that has been successful elsewhere may…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Personnel Management
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Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Nicholas, David B.; Muskat, Barbara; Kilmer, Christopher; Newton, Amanda S.; Craig, William R.; Ratnapalan, Savithiri; Cohen-Silver, Justine; Greenblatt, Andrea; Roberts, Wendy; Sharon, Raphael – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
This study aimed to characterize the perspectives of health professionals who care for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the emergency department (ED) and to determine what strategies could optimize care. Ten physicians and twelve nurses were interviewed individually. Questions related to experiences, processes, clinical…
Descriptors: Health Services, Caregiver Attitudes, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Emergency Programs
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Meier, John J. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
To determine how academic library leaders make decisions about their organization's future and how they effect changes, the author interviewed 44 university librarians and deans from institutions belonging to the Association of American Universities (AAU). The author analyzed the interviews using content analysis to identify the most frequent…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Trend Analysis, Library Administration, Librarian Attitudes
Briggs, Linda L. – Campus Technology, 2013
In September, the University of Maryland jumped on the Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) bandwagon, inking an agreement with Coursera to provide the fledgling startup with five online courses. When the first UMD course went live in January, the university joined more than 30 other leading schools that are offering courses for free as part of the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Online Vendors, Interviews, Operations Research
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Eurich, Markus; Calleja, Paul; Boutellier, Roman – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2013
High performance computing (HPC) service centres are a vital part of the academic infrastructure of higher education organisations. However, despite their importance for research and the necessary high capital expenditures, business research on HPC service centres is mostly missing. From a business perspective, it is important to find an answer to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Commercialization, Models, Computer Centers
Potenziano, Phillip J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
As district- and school-level leaders face increasing pressure from federal, state, and local accountability mandates there has been increased dependence on using and analyzing student data to help improve student performance. While the reporting of disaggregated data by student subgroup confirms that achievement gaps exist, it does not provide…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Student Records, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation
Callan, Victor J.; Bowman, Kaye – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
The recent growth in the number of registered vocational education and training (VET) providers delivering associate degrees and bachelor degrees in their own right has been well publicized. However, little is known about why these VET providers have made this transition, what support is being provided to their staff and students, and how the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Case Studies, Vocational Education, Associate Degrees
Land, Ray; Gordon, George – Higher Education Academy, 2015
Teaching excellence is at the centre of national and international higher education policy. The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is a part of the debate to develop a shared understanding of what constitutes teaching excellence and has published research including "Considering Teaching Excellence in Higher Education: 2007-2013" by Dr Vicky…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Excellence in Education, Research Reports, Focus Groups
Callan, Victor J.; Bowman, Kaye – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
This report is focused on the strategic, capability and operational reasons why traditional vocational education and training (VET) providers move to the delivery of higher education qualifications in their own right, in addition to their vocational qualifications. It is particularly interested in associate and bachelor degrees. By undertaking six…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Vocational Education, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees
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Christopher, Joe – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2012
This study draws on the multi-theoretical approach to governance and the views of university chief executive officers (CEOs) to examine the extent to which internal auditing as a control mechanism is adopted in Australian public universities under an environment of change management. The findings highlight negative consequences of change and their…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Theory Practice Relationship, College Administration, Foreign Countries
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2011
Almost 40 percent of all public school students in the District of Columbia (D.C. or District) were enrolled in charter schools in the 2010-11 school year. The D.C. School Reform Act established the Public Charter School Board (PCSB) for the purpose of authorizing and overseeing charter schools. Congress required GAO (US Government Accountability…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Restructuring, Real Estate, Boards of Education
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Miller, Christopher L. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2010
The No Child Left Behind Act increases pressure on schools and districts to use standardized state test data. Seeking to learn about the process of turning accountability data into actionable information, this paper presents findings from three case studies of small to medium sized school districts. The study examines the flow of state science…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Science Tests, Accountability, Data
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Alaimo, Salvatore P. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2008
The role of nonprofit human service executive directors in their organizations' program evaluation process is described. Recognizing that the leader's perspective from within the organization is fundamental to building capacity for and utilizing program evaluation, this study examines 42 executive directors to determine how they view program…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Nonprofit Organizations, Personnel Directors, Administrator Attitudes
Mateso, Peter E. E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this concurrent triangulation mixed methods study was to understand the status of succession planning and management (SPM) efforts of the subject university as perceived by the fulltime academic and fulltime administrative staff. Four research questions guided this study: (1) how do fulltime academic staff and fulltime…
Descriptors: Promotion (Occupational), Organizational Culture, Interviews, Program Effectiveness
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Thonhauser, Theresa – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2008
The implementation of the ISO 9000 international quality management system in education has become a debated trend. Building on the literature, this study did not attempt to end the debate over ISO 9000 in education but looked at the problem with a new perspective. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that relate to the time required…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standard Setting, Standards, Program Implementation
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