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Critical Transformative Educational Leadership and Policy Studies -- A Reader: Discussions and Solutions from the Leading Voices in Education
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Paraskeva, João M., Ed. – Myers Education Press, 2021
"Critical Transformative Educational Leadership and Policy Studies - A Reader" is a comprehensive collection of critical contributions from most of the leading voices in the fields of educational leadership and educational policy studies, pushing back against the current neoliberal authoritarian environment. The volume offers alternative…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Instructional Leadership, Educational Policy, Neoliberalism
Betsy DeVos's Education Reform Agenda: What Principals--and Their Publics--Need to Know
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Kaplan, Leslie S.; Owings, William A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2018
Betsy DeVos, the new U.S. Secretary of Education, has a reform agenda to advance school choice. Her track record includes enabling charter school growth in Michigan at taxpayers' expense with little oversight or accountability. Although an effective advocate, DeVos represents a broader policy movement to privatize American education, much of it…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Policy, Advocacy, Privatization
Leadership for Education in India: The Dean's Role
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Singh, Abhinav; Purohit, Bharathi – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2011
Due to privatization of higher education in India, there has been an emergence of sub-standard schools throughout the country. The higher education system in teaching institutes lacks incentives to perform; there is no reward for the meritorious and no way to ease out the non-performers. The quality of teaching and research cannot be evaluated…
Descriptors: Postdoctoral Education, Privatization, Integrity, Foreign Countries
Privatising the Public: Marketisation as a Strategy in Public University Transformation
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Munene, Ishmael I. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
In this study, the transformation of a Kenyan public university through marketisation and privatisation was investigated qualitatively. By focusing on senior university administrators, deans, department heads, union leaders, student leaders and senior scholars at Kenyatta University the study identified the reasons for, and strategies used to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Collective Bargaining, Unions, Student Leadership
The Research University in Transition: The Emerging Global Model
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Mohrman, Kathryn; Ma, Wanhua; Baker, David – Higher Education Policy, 2008
In a knowledge intensive society, the research university is a key institution for social and economic development. Focused on the discovery of new knowledge and the development of the next generation of scholars, research universities are also becoming more international in focus. This article presents the Emerging Global Model (EGM) of the…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Higher Education, Government School Relationship, Global Approach
Education under the Security State: Defending Public Schools
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Gabbard, David A., Ed.; Ross, E. Wayne, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2008
This highly acclaimed volume in the "Defending Public Schools" series is now available in paperback from Teachers College Press. It is a practical, necessary addition to the work of administrators, teachers, policymakers, and parents as they negotiate the difficult path of how to best teach and educate today's children and youth. This…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Privatization, Federal Legislation