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Maureen F. McGuinness – ProQuest LLC, 2021
For higher education (HE) institutions, preparing students to be job-ready upon graduation in the 21st century is no easy feat, but critical for future growth in business. Technology, globalization, and the knowledge economy have increased employer demands for new skills and investment in human capital. Yet employers still argue that graduates…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Labor Force Development, 21st Century Skills, Career Readiness
Christina Pierce – ProQuest LLC, 2020
While current literature supports the argument that public schools must transform to develop future global-minded citizens, the degree to which schools are capable of accomplishing this feat remains sparse. This study addresses the degree to which high schools are able to truly redesign and transform in efforts to prevent themselves from becoming…
Descriptors: High Schools, Global Approach, Innovation, Science and Society
Wendy Yuen Ting Chen – ProQuest LLC, 2023
From the Cold War to the neoliberal era, state-sanctioned education reforms have been less concerned with responsible citizenship or social justice than matters of national security and economic supremacy. Meanwhile, the United States struggles to climb international education rankings or even close its own national achievement gap. While it…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Media Literacy, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Baldwin, Marjorie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Private schools provide an alternative to public education in the United States. Parents select private schooling for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons is to provide a quality educational opportunity for their children. Research indicates that one key indicator for school effectiveness is school leadership (David, Darling-Hammond,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Sustainability, Leadership, Leadership Qualities
Schwarz, Guido – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Air cargo enjoys a special importance: together with maritime transport it is the backbone of global trade and is indispensable for contemporary globalization. Air transport is the only mode that combines worldwide reach with high speed. Nonetheless there is a dearth of geographic research that analyzes the current restructuring affecting the air…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Human Geography, Global Approach
Winston, Evelyn E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The changes in the environment of higher education related to globalization, immigration, rising social-economic inequality, the knowledge economy and cultural identity (Benjamin, 2003; Collis, 2003) are requiring institutions to make some basic strategic choices. One of these decisions is the extent to which institutions of higher education will…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Information Technology, Educational Change