Faculty engage in several institutional activities typically categorised as teaching, research and service. Within those activities there are numerous potential tasks, and research denotes that faculty often bemoan this work which can lead to turnover and lack of commitment. We present the job crafting framework as one way to allow faculty to be…

This study speaks to the larger question of how mobile upbringing that spans tensions between multiple communities across the globe influences one's construction of identity and belonging. In this paper, I examine how young adults who have been living in multiple countries in their formative years- most prominently referred to as Third Culture…

Attrition has affected special education for decades. Understanding the influence of job satisfaction upon employee retention is vital in developing a country's work force. This qualitative study consisted of 12 participants and explored the influencing factors of Bahamian special educators' withdrawal from public education. Job Satisfaction and…

Teacher turnover jeopardizes school effectiveness and contributes to teacher shortages directly impacting student learning. The problem addressed by this study was the negative impact of turnover in Texas Fast Growth School Coalition Districts' newly hired teachers. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study aimed to analyze the…

A systematic review of qualitative primary data (2010-2021) was undertaken to understand how inequality is experienced by undergraduate students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds transitioning to the UK labour market. A ten-step protocol for qualitative synthesis was adapted to guide the study, whilst the PRISMA flow diagram was used…

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced instructors and students to work together under constantly evolving circumstances. The abrupt transition to online education has contributed to making the educational experiences of instructors and students more emotionally complex and intense. Growing attention has been directed toward understanding…

Globally, international student recruitment has been one of the main features of higher education internationalisation. Institutions, therefore, continue to devise strategies to attract and recruit international students. Within a globalisation discourse, the current study explores strategies utilised in recruiting international students at a…

This paper introduces the notion of taste for teaching a subject, especially science, as a conceptual framework to analyse the aesthetics of teacher development as a lifelong process. We draw on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and John Dewey in order to account for how teachers distinguish admirable practices and, in doing so, distinguish themselves…

Background/purpose: This study aims to explain international student mobility within Turkish higher education in terms of the push-pull factors that affect students' choices to attend Turkey based on international students studying at a provincial university in Mugla, Turkey. Materials/methods: The current study was implemented through a…

The aim of the study was to assess the scale of various interrupted schooling trajectories among Polish youth, and to identify the differences and similarities between students following these trajectories and their reasons for interrupting education. In a dataset of 5,414 young Polish adults, we identified 343 (6.3%) learners who left…

We investigated the narratives of enablers and barriers to entry into law communicated through 650 UK tweets posted under the twitter hashtag #mypathtolaw in 2018. Law students, solicitors, barristers and legal academics used this hashtag for sharing their personal paths to a legal career. We use Ricoeur's theory of dialogues between the…

"Career Pathways" is a framework that combines education, occupational training, and support services that align with the skill demands of the local economy to help participants enter and advance in a sequence of occupations within a specific sector or occupational cluster. Career pathways programs seek to address many of the challenges…

This datapoint captures provisions in state policy that explicitly address racial integration or balance in schools and court or federal desegregation orders. [View the full "50-State Comparison: Open Enrollment Policies 2022" here: https://www.ecs.org/50-state-comparison-open-enrollment-policies/.]

Open enrollment is an integral part of state public school choice policies. This datapoint captures enrollment provisions that apply specifically to military-connected youth, including advance enrollment, enrollment priority, and educational continuity. It does not capture states that have adopted the Interstate Compact on Educational…

Open enrollment is an integral part of state public school choice policies. This datapoint captures the student groups prioritized for admission through open enrollment as defined in state policy. State admissions lottery provisions are included when relevant. [View the full "50-State Comparison: Open Enrollment Policies 2022" here:…