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MacKillop, Eleanor; Downe, James – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2023
Background: Government-funded knowledge brokering organisations (KBOs) are an increasingly prevalent yet under-researched area. Working in the space between knowledge and policy, yet framing themselves as different from think tanks and academic research centres, these organisations broker evidence into policy. Aims and objectives: This article…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Research Projects, Evidence, Policy Formation
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Hoepner, Jacqui – Australian Universities' Review, 2019
What do attacks on 'unpalatable' research reveal about academic freedom? When academic work is curtailed, this cherished yet misunderstood concept is undermined. Silencing based on moral objection -- rather than wrongdoing -- suggests academic freedom is more constrained than we believe. On paper, academic freedom is rule-bound, yet 'dangerous'…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Moral Values, Scholarship, Teacher Rights
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Northfield, Shawn – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2014
As part of principal succession, new school leaders must take action to solidify their position as the school's legitimate lead authority while at the same time, develop and utilize interactive mechanisms designed to nurture staff relations and engender teacher support and confidence in their leadership. For beginning principals, this process…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Instructional Leadership, Models, Interpersonal Competence
Carbol, Barry C. – 1987
The General Educational Development (GED) testing program has been a part of the Alberta High School Equivalency Program since 1981. Between December 1981 and December 1983, 4,333 applicants passed the GED in Alberta, and 802 applicants failed to pass the test. Random samples of 200 individuals from each of these groups were studied to determine…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Credibility