PhD graduates are dealing with a lack of opportunities regarding long-term careers: the chances of eventually obtaining a stable position in university are hardly higher than a few per cent and slimmer when geographical constraints are set. The current scenario prospects a panoply of professional destinations for PhD graduates beyond university…

In today's universities, women are still underrepresented in senior leadership positions. The research-focused systems and structures that support the progression of men often work against women who are drawn to alternative career paths within the academy for a variety of reasons. UK universities have seen an increase in teaching-focused career…

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…

Men as equitable non-violent caregivers in early childhood care and development (ECCD) are important for the well-being of children and women. Africa, with its strong traditional and cultural practices, forms an ideal context to explore men's engagement in ECCD. This article illuminates the entanglements of men's engagement through a focus on…

The edTPA is an educative performance assessment designed to assess teacher readiness. It has gained momentum across the country; yet, it has often met with resistance from educators in various roles. This study addressed the gap in edTPA literature by exploring new teachers' perceptions of the assessment as an educative and efficacious tool. The…

This article shares how three African-centered Black men partnered with a school system to develop and implement an Africentric rites of passage program for seventh- and eighth-grade Black male students. The proposed school-based intervention aimed to socialize, educate, and cultivate Black boys in preparation for manhood. Theoretically, the…

Post-pandemic, there is a growing recognition that higher education needs to take a more proactive role in addressing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals -- the 17 goals for 2030 that aim to balance global economic development with the need to tackle climate change and protect our natural ecosystems. This change of focus has profound…

Teacher retention is a complex and critical issue. A wide range of causes contribute to teacher retention, attrition, and heightened teacher stress. Retention indicates teachers remaining in the teaching profession, and attrition refers to teachers leaving the education field (Arroyo, 2021). Schools need help to retain high-quality teachers due to…

Fewer than 10% of private and public school teachers implement instructional innovation following professional development sessions (Spelman et al., 2016). This qualitative interpretive phenomenological study addressed the problem of private school teachers' desires for effective professional development to improve student learning outcomes. The…

The purpose of this study was to explore the professional and personal growth benefits for women faculty who engage in mentor and mentee relationships. The problem areas focus on the many obstacles to securing mentoring relationships for women faculty in higher education. There are many obstacles to securing mentoring relationships for junior…

"When a group of people come together to share a vision for an organization, each person brings a unique visualization of an amazing running institution and each shares a responsibility for the establishment to run effectively" Senge (2006). This dissertation in practice (DiP) was aimed at addressing a performance gap of low engagement…

This study will address how translation tools could be incorporated into the curricula of terminology courses for translators in Iran taking language policy and planning in Iran into consideration. One of the main objectives of this study is to argue that terminology courses in Iran are different from those offered in some other universities in…

Because of the flexibility and options online courses provide, students are increasingly enrolling in university online courses. Online learning continues to lag face-to-face learning in measures of student satisfaction and success. Although the incorporation of research-based effective practices increases student satisfaction and success, they…

Coaches' knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about mental health -- the construct of mental health literacy (MHL) -- affects teams' mental health (MH) climates and the early detection, referral, and treatment of athletes' MH concerns. Thus, assessing collegiate coaches' MHL, and the factors related to its presence, is critical. Using the Mental…

The digital age 4.0 governs the progress of society and individuals require the acquisition of skills to face this reality. Education is the only way that will allow human beings to adapt to the new global challenges. Therefore, the achievement of productive experiences must be the priority of the current educational system to train competent…