Like many policymakers across the globe, Tennessee policymakers have adopted theoretically substantial teacher evaluation reforms since the early 2010s. Although research suggests that the introduction of redesigned systems has not affected teacher or student outcomes, on average, specific accountability- and developmental-oriented policy levers…

In 2023 the Australian government mandated reforms to initial teacher education (ITE) courses across Australia. The key rationale of the "Strong Beginnings Report" is to better prepare teachers for the classroom and help stem the flow of teachers leaving the profession. This article suggests that the "Strong Beginnings Report"…

NC Reconnect, an effort of the John M. Belk Endowment (JMBE), aims to engage or reengage adult learners over the age of 25 in North Carolina's community colleges to bridge the postsecondary education attainment gap and improve economic mobility within the state. This paper applies the Five P Framework to examine processes at 15 community colleges…

Internationalization at Home (IaH) has become a hot research topic although it is not a new concept appeared recently especially in China. The concept of IaH has experienced several changes since it was created in 1990s while the widely used one refers to the purposeful integration of international and intercultural dimensions into the formal and…

Improving the management of principals has been proven to be an effective strategy to reduce preschool teachers' turnover. However, relevant empirical evidence for preschool teachers is still insufficient. A total of 3623 preschool teachers from the Chinese mainland participated in the current study through random cluster sampling and were…

Purpose: This study aims to test and analyze the effect of continuous commitment, task complexity, competence and personal value on employee performance millennial intervening job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach: This research method is quantitative with a sequential explanatory design, then data collection through a questionnaire, with…

Academic freedom and global student mobility are both topics high on the scientific and political agenda. However, the relationship between transnational student mobility and academic freedom in national higher education systems has not yet been investigated cross-nationally. This study intends to answer the question on how a countries' level of…

We examine the impact of credit mobility exchange programs' timing on students' academic performance, focusing on the moment in which students travel and the length of the period spent abroad. To provide causal evidence, we exploit unique data from more than 10,000 students from a well-known and internationalized Brazilian university from 2010 to…

With more and more literature on international student mobility and migration (ISM), one area of focus has often been overlooked: the impacts of student visas and study permits. Examined through an institutionalist framework highlighting the influences of institutions on individuals and their agency, this study describes how visa and study permit…

Under the tendency of the marketisation of tertiary education, universities/colleges and governments across the world have increasingly regarded international education as an education services export sector. Vietnam has always been regarded as a country of importing rather than exporting international education. Nevertheless, more and more…

This qualitative descriptive study explores school leaders as the catalyst for whole school environments. Creating whole school environments involves whole leaders, which takes recognition of feelings of burnout and enacting mindfulness based interventions along with emotional intelligence skills. 12 school leaders participated in this study that…

Teacher attrition, or teachers voluntarily leaving the field, has been a persistent problem in United States public schools and serves as one of the primary drivers of the urgent teacher shortage crisis. Mitigating teacher attrition requires a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of why teachers leave the field. This dissertation employs three…

Expert performance in a domain is often defined as maximal adaptation to stable task constraints. This definition is useful when analysing the vertical transition when novices become experts. However, many workplaces undergo considerable changes and, thus, task constraints change as well. In this paper a complementary conceptualisation of…

Teacher shortages in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields have long been a concern, yet contemporary challenges present a unique predicament. Despite historical recruitment successes, the persistence of this issue has led to temporary solutions that often fall short of addressing the root causes. Consequently, school…

Many teachers are leaving the classroom for various reasons, and their departure is occurring so rapidly that replacing them with individuals of equivalent knowledge and experience proves challenging. The once-stable education system now faces jeopardy due to high attrition rates. Successful schools flourish through collaboration and the transfer…