The Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 requires Relevant Higher Education Bodies (RHEBs) to have due regard to the need to protect people from being drawn into terrorism: the 'Prevent Duty'. Prevent covers all forms of radicalisation that could draw people into terrorism. The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned CFE Research to…

This study took place in a large Kindergarten-5th grade independent school in the Southeast United States implementing HyFlex instruction grounded in the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework during the COVID-19 pandemic, 8/20-6/21. Teachers completed a professional development (PD) course designed to help them implement HyFlex with the goal of…

Historically, institutions of higher education (IHE) have been cautious and slow in making changes. Yet in today's fast-paced and dynamic world of content availability and information flow generated by 24-hour news cycles and the ubiquity of social media present a challenging reality for colleges and universities in their public relations and…

Realizing consistent success in schools without consistent leadership is difficult (Day, Gu & Sammons, 2016), also confirmed by Boberg and Bourgeois (2016) that inconsistent leadership has a negative impact on student achievement, hence the growing problem of premature turnover in the principalship (Boyce & Bowers, 2016), and the purpose…

This investigative report found that a "history of failed governance" at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) contributed to challenges around academic freedom raised by former PWIAS Director Philippe Tortell when he resigned in 2018. Tortell alleged that the Board of Trustees of the PWIAS and the University of British…

The purpose of this quantitative nonexperimental, casual-comparative study was to examine differences in the level of self-esteem in student athletes depending on whether or not they planned to continue participating in sports at a four-year institution (athletic participation status groups), and for those not continuing, whether the reason was…

Moral decision-making models in game environments have been increasingly reported in research. These models, however, focus on identifying affordances and goals of games and educational interventions rather than tracing the process of moral decision-making in game worlds. This dissertation study addresses this gap in the literature by presenting…

College students face a significant risk of mental health issues that influence their academic performance, persistence, and personal safety. The COVID-19 global pandemic has heightened mental health risks for college students due to social isolation and shifts from in-person to virtual learning models. In 2019 and the beginning of 2020, 75% of…

As discriminatory national rhetoric continues to grow and impact higher education institutions, it is essential to study how non-instructional staff (staff) both understand post-secondary organizations and how institutional cultures shape their own practices and engagement with students. Scholars identify staff as crucial to creating conditions…

The choices available to high school seniors for post-secondary higher education are numerous. Each choice and destination providing a different education element and outcome for the potential student. Numerous choices exist outside of the standard traditional four-year university recommendation option that is often provided. This quantitative…

Purpose: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore and describe Latina superintendents leading Title I school districts' perceived impact of the servant leadership constructs established by Patterson (2003) on establishing a culture of high performance. Methodology: This qualitative phenomenological study explored and described the…

Diminished self-care practices and heightened stress of school counselors is a continuing problem in education. With role ambiguity, high student-to-counselor ratios, emotional exhaustion, and others adding pressure to the roles and responsibilities of school counselors, this study investigated the self-care practices of Missouri school counselors…

The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which professional counseling experiences, leadership qualities, value-based decision making, and action-oriented advocacy predict preparedness of doctoral counselor and education students for gatekeeping masters level counselors in training. Exploring doctoral student preparedness for…

Many schools across the nation are not making adequate achievement or growth goals from year-to-year. This leads to high principal turnover rates and instability in the learning environment which profoundly impacts student achievement. Currently, most efforts in schools are aimed at raising student achievement, implementing equitable practices,…

Collaborative leadership is an effective organizational model, yielding opportunities for teachers and benefits for schools; however, challenges exist when teams execute collaborative leadership. The purpose of this action research study was to investigate and improve the experiences of teachers working in a school with collaborative leadership.…