The debate over race-conscious admissions has gained prominence, notably in cases such as Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. In debates on race-conscious admissions, the question is often not whether a student will go to college, but which college the student will attend. Using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, we…

Background/purpose: In the literature, favoritism is often discussed as a form of corruption and an unethical practice. Studies related to favoritism in educational organizations have found that favoritism negatively impacts educational institutions. This study aims to investigate how teachers defined and perceived favoritism at school as well as…

The study investigates whether and how mock interviews, an instructional component of business Chinese courses, prepare students for real interviews. The study included 11 American undergraduate students who participated in a 10-week summer study abroad program in China. Participants underwent two rounds of mock interviews with their instructors…

Background/Context: Over the past five decades, policymakers have introduced Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programs in education as a reform in the presence of "government failure," aiming to increase the freedom of school choice, educational productive efficiency, and social equity. While the evidence regarding charters in US is…

This statement was drafted by a subcommittee of the Association's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure and approved by Committee A at its June 2024 meeting. The Association views the use of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) criteria in faculty recruitment, promotion, and retention as within the broader vision of higher education for the…

The Educator Workforce Snapshot provides an overview of workforce data for the 1,391 traditional public schools and public charter schools in Louisiana from the 2023-2024 school year based on End-of-Year (EOY) data. The purpose of this snapshot is to communicate annual workforce data and trends to stakeholders and to support decision-making for…

The Educator Workforce Snapshot provides an overview of workforce data for the 146 traditional public schools and public charter schools in Louisiana's Central Region from the 2023-2024 school year based on End-of-Year (EOY) data. The purpose of this snapshot is to communicate annual workforce data and trends to stakeholders and to support…

The Educator Workforce Snapshot provides an overview of workforce data for the 312 traditional public schools and public charter schools in Louisiana's Northern Region from the 2023-2024 school year based on End-of-Year (EOY) data. The purpose of this snapshot is to communicate annual workforce data and trends to stakeholders and to support…

This paper describes results from a case study about how a primary pre-service teacher (PST) used curriculum materials (CMs) when planning for a mathematics lesson during her final practicum. The data is drawn from a doctoral study (in progress) and results show how the PST initiated an active process of searching for and sifting through CMs on a…

This project is part of the American School District Panel (ASDP), a research partnership between the RAND Corporation and the Center on Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University's Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (CRPE). This report concludes research on five school systems to reveal the academic, social, and political challenges…

The purpose of this study was to examine music education faculty members' perceptions of admissions and selection criteria for entering master's students in music education degree programs. Using multistage sampling, we distributed a questionnaire to music education faculty at National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)-accredited institutions…

The aim of this study was to explore indigenous teachers' and indigenous and mestizo student teachers' beliefs about social justice and English language learning in the Ecuadorian context. Based on data collected through interviews and one focus group session, it was found that many indigenous believe English might be a convenient tool for…

Research on the STEM educational pipeline has focused on degree attainment, finding that students who take STEM courses in high school are more likely to declare a STEM major later on (Gottfried & Bozick, "Education Finance and Policy" 11:177-202, 2016) and tend to perform better in college (Sadler & Tai, "Science…

Roughly half of 4-year students who begin as STEM majors either change to non-STEM majors or drop out of college altogether. STEM attrition is especially disconcerting for underserved students, such as people of color or individuals from low-income families, who are significantly less likely to persist in or graduate from a STEM degree program…

The purpose of this paper is to show what are the applicants' institution selection criteria in higher education in Hungary and what changes this will imply in higher education management and communication. These questions were investigated based on a review of the most relevant literature and the analysis of 1396 Hungarian higher education…