Despite all of the disruption the pandemic introduced into public education, COVID-19 also serves as an invitation for leaders to creatively explore ways to better utilize existing resources for the benefit of all students. The pandemic is the crisis that educational leaders cannot allow to go to waste. Instead of striving merely to return to a…

Teachers across the United States frequently find themselves in situations where they are asked to collaborate with colleagues. Oftentimes, these collaborative sessions consist of teachers completing tasks regulated by administrators or participating in conversations that are not meaningful and have little to do with the realities of their…

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the actions, words, emotions, and moves that a principal engages when disrupting deficit thinking. As part of this exploration, the researcher sought to understand what impacted the leader's decision to disrupt, how the leader engaged emotion during the incident, and what equitable leadership…

Vlad Petre Glaveanu is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology and Professional Counseling at Webster University Geneva, Switzerland; Director of the Webster Center for Creativity and Innovation (WCCI); and Associate Professor II at the University of Bergen, Norway. He received his PhD in social psychology from the London…

This paper examines the impact of process mapping on the management of change in an academic library in a UK higher education institution. Book ordering has been highlighted by a group of subject librarians as being time-consuming and inefficient, detracting from their ability to respond to new challenges and opportunities. An action research…

The bureaucratic precepts engendered by modern universities produce a slew of negative effects inimical to educational justice. Drawing on historiographical evidence from the 1968 Strax Affair, a little-known protest held at the University of New Brunswick, we identify the arts of discombobulation as a novel approach to challenge the intellectual…

While the value of a college degree is increasingly scrutinized, it remains undeniable that a postsecondary education is the most valuable avenue for achieving social and economic mobility in the United States. However, critical obstacles and challenges persist, particularly for low-income, underrepresented, and first-generation students who face…

This article deepens the knowledge of practices within school cultures and their dynamics in relation to improvement work. It investigates: Which practices can be identified in school improvement among principals at upper secondary school level? How are these practices shaped? How do they promote or prevent the improvement work of the principals?…

This study examines the role of deans, department chairs, and diversity officers within the faculty diversity and hiring discourse. Using an embedded case study approach, I conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 administrative and academic leaders across four academic departments to understand their theories of change to advance faculty…

Background: Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) and Faculty Online Learning Communities (FOLCs) are ways to support STEM faculty implementing research-based curricula. In these communities, faculty facilitators take on the role of sharing expertise and promoting discussion. However, as members gain more experience, their needs change from…

This case is a narrative of the acquisition of HIRA, a healthcare IT startup, by Conversant, a large global consulting powerhouse from a few years back. The clash of two different company cultures, their conflicting business strategies, different IT infrastructures, and very different customer sets created significant challenges in their…

Research universities worldwide have been taking reform actions to enhance their competitiveness in the global higher education market; however, the implementation of new initiatives may lead to challenges for university leadership. Faculty resistance is regarded as one of the most common obstacles faced by university leaders. Taking a qualitative…

Context: Standardized patients (SPs) are assessment measures used within athletic training education to provide a consistent assessment result during professional education. However, it remains unclear how educators use these SP encounters and facilitated debrief to improve teaching pedagogy and overall curriculum. Objective: To understand how…

Coaches are trusted advisors, information conduits, sounding boards, and advocates who facilitate institutional change. This report summarizes findings from the first five years of the Student Success Center Network's Coaching Program, focusing particularly on the most recent phase that engaged directly with Centers in four states (California,…

There is growing global recognition of the contribution that leadership development can make to improving quality and outcomes in the Early Years (EY) education sector. UK governments are responding to such evidence through the creation of new national qualifications for EY professionals across the sector and the expansion of publicly funded…