Ensuring that classrooms are adequately staffed with qualified and diverse teachers has been a longstanding and growing challenge in Texas. To produce and retain more effective, diverse, and multilingual educators, Texas policymakers must expand aspiring teachers' access to pathways that meet local needs and offer robust in-school clinical…

The purpose of this study is to measure the appropriateness of the existing admissions requirements as related to the likelihood of graduation. We employ a five-year sample of students admitted into the graduate program and selected a cutoff date to allow sufficient time for most of each cohort to complete their studies. Following the general…

Student-instructor relationships play a crucial role in academic engagement and success, yet large lecture courses often limit direct interaction. This study investigated whether a brief, early-semester meeting with the instructor could enhance student engagement and academic performance. Students (n[subscript T] = 423) in a large introductory…

Background: Lengthy sequences of decontextualized adult education and literacy program courses pose a challenge to two-year college students' educational outcomes. The Integrated Education and Training model has been suggested as a promising approach to creating accelerated and contextualized pathways from adult education and literacy programming…

Drawing from focus group interviews with rural students at a highly selective university, this article underscores the importance of the notion that the college transition serves as a key moment of rural consciousness. Bringing together the perspectives of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory and Schlossberg's transition theory, the findings…

Professional development coaching helps faculty achieve their professional goals, yet little is known about its long-term impact. To better understand long-term impact, we surveyed 172 faculty who participated in our coaching program. Descriptive, inferential, and qualitative data in this mixed methods study suggest that faculty who engaged in…

This study explores interconnections between university teachers' self-efficacy beliefs, intrinsic motivation, behavioural commitment, and teachers' views on the ethics of AI and the possibilities of using AI in teaching. Furthermore, the aim is to investigate how teachers' teaching experience and their participation in AI training relate to these…

While the Indiana Commission for Higher Education pursued an historic agenda during the 2023 legislative session aimed at reversing declining trends and catalyzing opportunities, Commissioner Lowery believed that deep and long-term improvements would require collaborative and concerted efforts by five key sectors of civil society for genuine…

This investigation reports the findings of a critical multicultural content analysis of recent-award winning Orbis Pictus (non-fiction) picture books. The analysis examines patterns of grit and slack strategies across race and gender for historical characters of color as they overcame boundaries and accomplished long-term goals. Findings suggest…

R.S. 17:7(28) requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to annually report the results of teacher exit interviews conducted by local school systems. The purpose of the interviews and this report is to gather information about teachers' reasons for exiting their current positions that could prove useful in developing…

In Australia, there has been increased attention to attracting Indigenous peoples into higher education but, despite a recent growth in enrolment numbers, they remain severely underrepresented. This underrepresentation is particularly notable among Indigenous males, who are the least likely to attend. In this paper, we investigate the experiences…

Historically, agricultural colleges have primarily attracted students with prior experience in agriculture. However, there is a growing trend of students enrolling without such backgrounds. Recent research emphasizes the need for agricultural colleges to adopt innovative strategies that address the evolving needs of their student body, fostering…

The teaching workforce in England does not reflect the ethnic diversity of the UK working-age population or of the pupil population that schools serve. A more diverse teaching workforce benefits society, supports teacher recruitment and retention, and improves pupil experiences and outcomes. A previous study from National Foundation for…

The latest data shows that teacher recruitment and retention in England remain in a perilous state and represents a substantial on-going risk to the quality of education. Recruitment to initial teacher training (ITT) has been persistently below target in most secondary subjects and primary since the pandemic and the latest data shows no change.…

This methodology appendix explains the data used and the analysis undertaken to produce the findings in the full report, "Teacher Labour Market in England: Annual Report 2025." The first section lists all of the secondary data sources that were used in the analysis, followed by an explanation of how data were used from the School…