Higher education provides an opportunity for career development, enhanced societal contributions, and individual awareness of self and others. Individuals with criminal records represent a significant demographic struggling to access higher education due to barriers often created to address safety concerns (Bressler & Von Bergen, 2018).…

The transition from adolescence to adulthood can be difficult for many students, particularly those with mild disabilities. It's an unfortunate reality that students with disabilities continue to perform lower in terms of post-school outcomes in comparison to their peers without disabilities. The issue of improving post-school outcomes for…

Connections between creativity and leadership often focus on how fostering creativity can help an organization. Despite the value that creativity can bring to organizations, Mueller et al. (2011) found that creative people themselves are not seen as leadership material. Yet many people with creative backgrounds do take on leadership roles,…

Systems level consultation is an important component of school change processes and a role in which school psychologists are called to serve. This article explores factors that contribute to school psychologists' involvement in systems level consultation in their schools. Data from a survey conducted with a national sample of school principals (N…

Stability of leadership in Catholic education at the (arch)diocesan level is essential for achieving school system wide goals. This study investigated turnover and retention of Catholic school superintendents in the USA. Ten former superintendents were interviewed. The interview findings revealed that all but one former superintendent had left…

Purpose: The study examines how teachers and school administrative staff perceive external and internal barriers to the implementation of technologies into the teaching process and how teachers and school administrative staff technology readiness is related to these perceptions. These data were used for discussion and construction of an…

This study investigated the process of implementing professional development plans (PDPs) as a tool for teachers' continuing professional learning in Finnish Lapland. The PDP model was developed through two cycles following a design-based research (DBR) approach. The data were collected by interviewing teachers and principals, and then analysed…

Purpose: Despite increasing interest and scholarship on authentic leadership, definitions of the construct remain contested. In addition, limited research exists on its enactment in practice and its sustainability in a global context. The purpose of this study was to explore the practice of authentic leadership and understand more about how it is…

The purpose of the current study was to investigate urban school principals' preferences for the types of teacher preparation programs completed, to understand their perceptions regarding factors that impact the selection of teacher candidates, and to determine if these preferences have changed over time. Data were collected using an online…

Access to financial aid is crucial in ensuring that students can afford college. Students must file the FAFSA to access federal financial aid and usually the FAFSA is also required for state and institutional aid (U.S. Department of Education, n.d). Prior research has shown, however, that the FAFSA is complicated and burdensome to complete and…

School principals were charged with classroom supervision which had been in the supervisors' area of responsibility by the regulations effectuated in 2014. The aim of this study was to find out the views of school principals on classroom supervision based on the amendment of regulations. The research was conducted by a qualitative design and…

Instructional leadership was recognized as a pivotal function of principals who achieve promising school improvement outcomes. This study explored the role identity of instructional leaders, looking for the four components of role identity: ontological and epistemological beliefs, purpose and goals, self-perceptions and self-definitions, and…

This qualitative research study explores the challenges encountered by five African American women who serve as high-ranking higher education administrators at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) in Pennsylvania as well as how they contend with these challenges. This study also uses an Intersectionality lens to explore the intersectionality of…

National assessment trends and governmental policy initiatives have placed student achievement efforts at the heart of district- and building-wide goals of schools across the country. In leading these change efforts in their buildings, school administrators must navigate the needs and expectations of a variety of stakeholders, resulting in a…

The purpose of this study was to investigate historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) athletic administrators' (i.e., Directors of Athletics, Senior Women Administrators, Commissioners) perceptions of curriculum development and design of a graduate (doctoral) level curriculum for athletic programs. Few studies were reported in the…