This input paper presents a number of key issues and findings from recent literature on school leadership on sustainability and aims to open discussion on possible policy action in this area. For the purposes of this paper, school leaders are defined as holding a formal position of responsibility for the management of the school. School leaders…

This study examined the impact of an educational intervention on graduate students' knowledge acquisition and understanding of corporate planning and management concepts. The intervention consisted of content-based instruction, hands-on exercises, and real-life case studies. The findings revealed that the intervention had a mixed impact on…

With sport now fully immersed in the era of big data, there is a need for sport managers who are data literate and, therefore, capable of collecting, managing, evaluating, and applying data to the range of problems and scenarios encountered by industry personnel. However, many in the sport management academy remain unacquainted with the…

The trio of assessment, accreditation, and accountability is at the forefront of higher education today. National organizations serving specific disciplines often establish curricular elements, review degree programs, and provide external accountability of program quality. Sport management has had two external review options in its history, yet…

The National Collegiate Honors Council's "Shared Principles and Practices of Honors Education" (2022) outlines the level of commitment, pedagogical innovation and inclusivity, mentoring, and intellectual leadership that honors programs and colleges expect from their faculty. These high expectations require institutional support…

Higher education in the United States is experiencing numerous challenges (Delbanco, 2012; Grawe, 2018, 2021; Zemsky et al., 2020), with the COVID-19 pandemic amplifying these pressures, particularly for small, private institutions (Grawe, 2021; Marcy, 2020), including most members of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities.…

The aim of this qualitative study was to examine the strategies employed by districts and school leaders in recruiting, developing, and supporting instructional leaders to enhance student achievement across schools. By conducting research and interviewing experts, this study aspires to serve as a conceptual blueprint that districts and leaders can…

This study is a phenomenological inquiry on the achievement bridge in Latina leadership and educational advancement. The case studies used counter-storytelling to explore the triumphs and challenges of Latina leadership in superintendency. Education is in dire need of leaders who disrupt, disquiet, or unhinge oppression with the disposition of a…

The purpose of this study was to understand if undergraduate business students' experience in a collegiate learning environment that includes interaction with a racially diverse faculty allows them to realize higher starting salaries than students without such experience. Research from this study has the potential to provide business schools with…

During declining revenue, community college leaders may be unable to balance their budgets effectively. Community college managers who fail to balance budgets negatively impact a college's financial sustainability. Grounded in Burn's transactional leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore strategies…

The purpose of this qualitative, interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) study was to understand how higher education leaders experienced succession planning programs in their organizations, and how they experienced the development and preparation of internal leaders promoting into vacant leadership roles after turnover occurs. There is…

This qualitative research study examined the servant leadership model in a university setting. The study focused on specific enumerated behaviors of 10 leaders who practice servant leadership within a specific university. The results of this study were used as foundational information in developing a guide entitled: "Developing and…

Leadership in higher education revolves around relationships between leaders and campus stakeholders. Senior Black leaders (SBLs) at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) carry an extra burden in navigating relationships due to the salience of their race. They face many challenges around racism, microaggressions, and other discriminatory…

The higher education environment is rapidly changing, and academic leaders must rapidly change with it to fill student and institutional needs. Is it experience, or communication, or that makes an effective leader? The purpose of this research was to investigate if the interaction between gender and length of leadership experience influenced the…

Understanding how to support creative ideation is an important, yet, elusive, issue for marketing educators. To shed light, this study proposes ideation as a malleable state influenced by "outside-the-brain" resources. By examining venture concept ideation, this study captures the ideation-environment relationship using experience…