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What Price the Building of World-Class Universities? Academic Pressure Faced by Young Lecturers at a Research-Centered University in China
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Tian, Mei; Lu, Genshu – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
This study explores the challenges faced by young lecturers in managerial transformation in elite Chinese academic institutions which aim to develop into world-class universities. Drawing on data from in-depth interviews, the paper discusses how a group of lecturers on tenure-track contracts at a research university in China perceived the impacts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Administration
A Descriptive Study of Superintendents' and School Board Members' Perceptions of the Superintendent's Leadership in Rural Districts in Three Mid-Atlantic States
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Wilson, Janet S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to ascertain if perceptual differences exist between superintendents and board members regarding superintendents' leadership behaviors in rural school districts. Transformational leadership is considered necessary for organizations to move forward in the 21st century. This research sought to determine if…
Descriptors: Governance, Rural Areas, Job Performance, Superintendents
Do Governance Structures Matter?
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Kaplan, Gabriel E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2004
Using national survey data, the author finds little relationship between decision-making authority and the actual decisions that are made.
Descriptors: Governance, Correlation, Institutional Environment, National Surveys