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Robinson, John; Alhakim, Andi Darell; Ma, Grace; Alam, Monisha; Brando, Fernanda da Rocha; Braune, Manfred; Brown, Michelle; Côté, Nicolas; Espinosa, Denise Crocce Romano; Garza, Ana Karen; Gorman, David; Hajer, Maarten; Madden, John; Melnick, Rob; Metras, John; Newman, Julie; Patel, Rutu; Raven, Rob; Sergienko, Kenneth; Smith, Victoria; Tariq, Hoor; van der Lem, Lysanne; Wong, Christina Nga Jing; Wiek, Arnim – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to explore barriers and pathways to a whole-institution governance of sustainability within the working structures of universities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on multi-year interviews and hierarchical structure analysis of ten universities in Canada, the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil,…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Governance, Barriers, Universities
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Britt Swartjes; Pauwke Berkers – Journal of Education and Work, 2023
The cultural workforce has previously been described as pre-dominantly white, male and middle-class. Internships are often seen as a solution as they would function as a 'democratising path to launch careers'. Nevertheless, previous research has also suggested that there is no smooth path from an internship to paid work for anyone, and even less…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Music Activities, Foreign Countries, Employment Potential
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Hasanefendic, Sandra; Donina, Davide – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
The effect of environmental transformations on organizational identity in universities has been addressed from different perspectives, yet considering micro-dynamics and impact on actual practices of academic work has been neglected. This article addresses this gap by analyzing how institutional field prescriptions relative to an environmental…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Environment, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Esther H. Bisschops; J. Clasien de Schipper; Zina Salhi; Petri J.C.M. Embregts; Carlo Schuengel – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: Intellectual disability organisations in the Netherlands are seeking to improve clients' quality of care by implementing methods that reduce involuntary care. This study described insights gained from sharing tacit and experiential implementation knowledge in Communities of Practice (CoP). Method: In a participatory research, managers,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries, Caregiver Role
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Reymert, Ingvild; Jungblut, Jens; Borlaug, Siri B. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2021
Studies on academic recruitment processes have demonstrated that universities evaluate candidates for research positions using multiple criteria. However, most studies on preferences regarding evaluative criteria in recruitment processes focus on a single country, while cross-country studies are rare. Additionally, though studies have documented…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Organizational Culture, Faculty Recruitment, International Studies
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Cinar, Ridvan; Coenen, Lars – Industry and Higher Education, 2023
Universities are increasingly recognized for playing a proactive role in supporting culture and creativity-led regional development. Meanwhile, they are also expected to distinguish themselves in their core activities via mission differentiation. Often these two demands are pitched against each other while little attention has been paid to the way…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Culture, Creativity, Regional Characteristics
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Teelken, Christine; Taminiau, Yvette; Rosenmöller, Claire – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to gain a deeper understanding of gender stereotypes in academia by examining the informal aspects of the university as an organisation. We do so by using the concept of 'micro-political practices related to recruitment and progression in higher education institutions'. To increase our comprehension, we conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sex Stereotypes, Faculty Mobility, College Faculty
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Vincent Crone; Frans Prins; Christel Lutz; Irma Meijerman; Veronique Schutjens; Maarten van der Smagt; Leoniek Wijngaards-de Meij; Niels Bovenschen; Manon Kluijtmans – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
In this paper, we describe the underlying mechanisms that both facilitate and limit the formation of successful educational leadership of participants of the 'Senior Fellow Programme': a professional development programme in conjunction with a career track leading up to a teaching-focused full professorship. Based on an analysis of the…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Educational Administration, Faculty Development, Career Development
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Hoggan, Chad; Hoggan-Kloubert, Tetyana; Owen, Renee – Adult Learning, 2023
Democracy is not only a system of government, but also an overarching way of living together. It is through the social structures we live in and the resulting social relations, behaviors, and norms emanating from those structures, that we learn how to live together, democratically or otherwise. Adult education can promote the learning of democracy…
Descriptors: Democracy, Social Structure, Civics, Citizenship Education
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Kolster, Renze – European Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Having found that excellence education in Dutch higher education institutions can function as a testing ground for educational innovations, we ask the questions: Are 'excellence education' teaching methods diffused towards courses in regular study programmes? Are organisational structures affected? And are there noticeable external effects? And…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Honors Curriculum, Educational Quality
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Krauss, Annette – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to report on findings and methodological approaches of the artistic project "Sites for Unlearning (Art Organization)" in collaboration with the Team at Casco at Institute: Working for the Commons, Utrecht/NL, through which processes of unlearning are tested against the backdrop of established institutional…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Learning, Foreign Countries, Organizational Culture
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Lagrosen, Yvonne; Lagrosen, Stefan – International Journal of Educational Management, 2020
Purpose: An innovative technology called consciousness-based education (CBE) is being introduced in schools worldwide. The approach includes both an experiential and an intellectual component. However, research studies exploring learning in CBE are rare. The purpose of the paper is to explore how organizational learning takes place in schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Consciousness Raising, Metacognition, Educational Practices
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van Engen, Marloes L.; Bleijenbergh, Inge L.; Beijer, Susanne E. – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
This study describes how parents in academia negotiate their professional identity in relation to dominant discourses of science as a calling. Based on in-depth interviews with men and women academics in a Dutch university, five discursive strategies are distilled that reconcile contradictory claims of academia and parenthood. Parents are…
Descriptors: Mothers, Fathers, Child Rearing, College Faculty
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Bendermacher, G. W. G.; Dolmans, D. H. J. M.; de Grave, W. S.; Wolfhagen, I. H. A. P.; oude Egbrink, M. G. A. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2021
The concept of quality culture has gained increased attention in health professions education, drawing on insights that quality management processes and positive work-related attitudes of staff in synergy lead to continuous improvement. However, the directions that guide institutions from quality culture theory to educational practice have been…
Descriptors: Health Occupations, Medical Education, Coordinators, Administrator Attitudes
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Jansen, Marenne Mei; Kramer, E. H. – Ethnography and Education, 2019
Military education is for most people an unknown process that takes place behind closed doors. Based on text analysis, eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork, and interviews at the Netherlands Defence Academy, this article seeks to understand military education as a dynamic process between the cadets' experience and the institute. As such, this…
Descriptors: Military Training, Military Personnel, Student Development, Values Education
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