This quantitative-correlational study aimed to assess to which extent the higher education institutions in West Bank- Palestine practice e-leadership during crises. The researcher mainly evaluated the relationship between leader personality and skills, leader social awareness, resources availability and e-leadership. For data collection, the…

This paper addresses the issues of managerialism and collegiality in universities in times of change. It is based on a case study of a New Zealand university from 1985 to 2010 using interviews with key participants and documentary evidence from the public and private domains. The study concludes that views of university staff about the concepts of…

The nation's leading academic hospitals aspire to being the leader in medical research, but as the role of medical research grows in size and complexity, many departments are left without proper research support or oversight. This research explored the need for a research administrative support program to resolve many of the issues facing faculty…

Business ethics are moral values and principles that guide the conduct of business toward promotion of the common good. This simple explanation of business ethics belies a deeper and broader understanding of how business ethics evolves. Law and ethics, which some see as distinct fields, are deeply connected and mutually reinforcing. Laws are…

The current movement toward increasing privatization in general and market education in particular has been extensively examined in terms of its neoliberal roots and incompatibility with the aims of public, democratic education. This analysis presents a different critique, one that draws upon current economic theory and research to challenge the…

College officials across the United States struggle with how to prevent and effectively respond to incidents of academic dishonesty. In this chapter, we propose alternative practices that support student development and learning.

This study examined the teacher evaluation process that exists within virtual schools. Teachers who serve learners in virtual settings utilize a myriad of technology to provide students with learning environments. There is limited research regarding the teacher evaluation process that exists within virtual schools. Current research does not show…

This series of essays written for trustees and administrative leaders of universities and colleges draws on the authors' extensive consulting experience, research into the dynamics of boards, and service as trustees, to focus on practical insights that will help readers improve governance. The authors have contributed a series of essays on…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive phenomenological study was to explore the phenomenon of school counselors as leaders, who work in school districts in the state of Arizona. The American School Counselor National Model and the Distributed Leadership Model served as the conceptual framework for this study. The three research questions of…

Purpose: The purpose of authentic assessment can enrich students with a set of skills that can have a significant impact on their employability. The key aim of these actions is to equip students with the practical skills to be work ready. The focus here is to demonstrate effects on student satisfaction and observations from teaching staff accrued…

Purpose: The development of teaching methods in the field of entrepreneurship education is a challenge for academics to achieve "real active learning." This paper aims to investigate the effectiveness of learning experience through internship program at start-ups. This paper examines the benefits and challenges from stakeholders'…

Instructors face challenges in facilitating higher levels of shared cognition in large enrolment classes. One strategy to foster shared cognition is the use of asynchronous discussions; however, these can be difficult to support with large numbers of students. Online protocols have been found to help students take more ownership of the discussion,…

Purpose: The objective of the paper is to explore and evaluate practical accounting education to find its weaknesses and suggest avenues to build strengths which will provide the market with effective accountants from the universities (the primary source of accountants). Design/methodology/approach: The study uses semi-structured interviews to…

This research was conducted to analyze the teaching factory model in vocational high school ("sekolah menengah kejuruan"/SMK) in Central Java Province, Indonesia according to the teaching factory's success factors. This research used meta-ethnography for qualitative methods and Delphi technique, Research and Development, and social…

This study adds to the debate that both basic and applied research enhance each other; likewise, the arts and science disciplines are equally relevant in solving complex societal and environmental problems. Thus, investment in one should not lead to a deprivation of the other. One may suppose that although both basic and applied research remains a…