Since its founding 34 years ago, Teach For America has prepared nearly 70,000 recent college graduates and career-changers to teach in high-poverty schools across the United States. Unlike traditional teacher-preparation programs, it places "corps members" in short-staffed public schools after an intensive summer seminar, before they are…

In the era of higher education institutions' internationalisation, international student mobility is viewed as a crucial educational tool for enhancing the cross-cultural competence of learners. This paper aims to present research findings on the development of cross-cultural competence (skills, knowledge, and attitudes) among students…

Evidence suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted international student communities while reflecting wider societal inequalities. This study in the Finnish context examined international students' experiences of the published national crisis communication and media usage during the first year of the pandemic. Using the…

Teacher turnover has become a growing concern in many countries around the world because of the associated staffing shortages and the unavoidable impact on educational quality. This study aims to better understand teachers' motivation to leave or to stay in the profession in the context of English language teaching in the Vietnamese university…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a momentous impact on leadership behavior, teachers' OC, students' academic engagement, and quality education in secondary schools; its legacy continues in the post-COVID world. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and effect of principals' DLB on teachers' OC in secondary schools within Amhara National…

Several non-traditional higher education destination countries have increased their efforts to attract international students. In this research, we examine the perceptions of international students enrolled in Indian universities and explore the aspects to observe for India to become a favoured study-abroad destination. Adopting a sequential…

While internationalising scholarly careers is an imperative in current academia, literature has focused on the impact of such a process at the institutional, national, and international levels. Yet, internationalisation is connected to the personal dimension of careers and, consequently, it might defy academics' understanding of their working…

In a Western Caribbean country, the problem was the high rate of teacher turnover in rural secondary schools in Grades 7-11. The gap in practice was that it is not known what factors contribute to high secondary teacher turnover and what supports may be needed to address the high teacher attrition rate in secondary schools in the study district.…

This study contributes theoretically and empirically to our understanding of students' transition from work placement to the graduate labour market, by exploring earning differentials due to heterogeneous job transitions. We developed a theoretical framework that underpins the relationships between work placement, job transition and graduate…

Teacher attrition is a dilemma that has become increasingly alarming over the past few years. To implement a systematic approach to support and retain new teachers, numerous school districts offer new teacher mentor programs. This quantitative causal-comparative research study examined novice and veteran teachers' perceptions of new teacher mentor…

This study explores how policy discourses on academic career are articulated in Swedish higher education. Discourses on academic career are often expressing meritocracy and the necessity of competition, but also include demands for flexibility and global participation. Recent decades of higher education policy have also stressed the importance of…

School administrators contribute to the macro and micro environmental factors that challenge the sustainability of African American teachers. Retaining African American teachers is a particular challenge for schools that serve high proportions of students of color living in households with low-income. Although some research focuses on the…

School districts and educator preparation programs are important partners in the professional learning ecosystem. Their strong relationships have long been lauded as the gold standard of preparing and retaining high-quality teachers, yet they have been slow to develop robust reciprocal relationships that can address intensifying challenges of…

Graduates of special education teacher education programs can teach in a range of special education settings, raising the potential that their training can occur in very different settings than where they find their first jobs. We follow 263 completers of Moderate Disabilities programs in Massachusetts from their field placements to their…

Annually, the Tennessee Department of Education (department) releases a report to highlight the current state of virtual education in Tennessee. This year's report provides information relative to the operation and viability of public virtual schools and virtual education programs for the 2022-23 school year. In compliance with state statute, the…