The need for strategic planning of the internationalization process in universities is inevitable. The key stakeholders in higher education institutions (HEIs) are expected to be involved in the strategy-making process. It is argued that international office professionals (IPs) are one of these key stakeholders and need to be part of strategy…

In this age of deteriorating school buildings and increasing state oversight, few studies study the factors that influence the state of school facilities. The purpose of this study is to investigate how do "At-Risk" and "Non-At-Risk" school district business leaders approach and perceive planning for capital projects. Most…

Through effective organizational leadership, school leaders may influence a positive school culture. Lack of purposeful implementation of the elements required to make schools exceptional places to work is the problem, which may harm organizational culture and have a negative effect on staff, students, and the school community. This study sought…

Through effective organizational leadership, school leaders may influence a positive school culture. Lack of purposeful implementation of the elements required to make schools exceptional places to work is the problem, which may harm organizational culture and have a negative effect on staff, students, and the school community. This study sought…

Through effective organizational leadership, school leaders may influence a positive school culture. Lack of purposeful implementation of the elements required to make schools exceptional places to work is the problem, which may harm organizational culture and have a negative effect on staff, students, and the school community. This study sought…

Many colleges use strategic planning as a tool to guide institutional, equity-centered change. However, all too often, thoughtfully crafted strategic plans end up sitting on a shelf. The purpose of this action research study was to explore how communication can support equity-centered strategic plan implementation and organizational culture change…

Because implementing and orchestrating collaborative problem-based learning (PBL) in K-12 classrooms requires teachers to manage multiple activities and access various teaching resources at the same time, this is an exceptionally complex task for designers to develop tools for orchestration support as well as for teachers to coordinate. The aim of…

As excellence in teaching and learning, in combination with a focus on student performance rates, are guiding the demands placed on higher education institutions, modern universities are attributing strategic importance to leadership of teaching and learning. Previous studies on educational leadership have, nevertheless, identified significant…

The Federal STEM Education Strategic plan recognizes the importance of building computational literacy today. This document is aligned to the Computational Literacy Interagency Working Group (IWGCL) objectives to: (1) develop a common operational definition; (2) identify existing research on computational literacy; and (3) identify existing…

The emergence of change management in educational organizations in the 21st century has raised the need to adapting paradigm shift in leaders' vision on setting the goals, missions and objectives towards the effective achievement of the organization's goals, this paper sheds lights on the paradigm shift of change management aiming to bring about a…

This article focused on career transition issues of students with visual impairments (SVIs). This article utilized a narrative-integrative research design. The literature review shows that many educators and other stakeholders in the transition process are still unaware of the difficulties experienced by SVIs. The literature shows a mixed attitude…

This study uses the path-goal theory of leadership and the model of organizational performance and change as theoretical lenses to understand the impact of strategic job identification, competence training, and leadership development practices on higher education institution's organizational performance and high-performing employee's intention to…

Educator preparation programs (EPPs) have an opportunity to leverage and strengthen existing district partnerships to lead the way in co-designing teacher Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs), including the launch, operation, and continuous improvement of programs. At the very minimum, EPPs should be at the table as states, districts, and…

Once considered a marginal and untrustworthy pedagogical approach by higher education institutions, online learning has become mainstream. Consider this -- the entire educational system -- at the global level, from P-12 to the college level, shut down following the declaration of the lockdown period of the novel coronavirus disease 2019.…

This book examines the educational role of three international organizations created as part of the post-World War II multilateral architecture: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). These organizations have significantly…