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Liubov Vetoshkina; Laura Lamberg; Essi Ryymin; Heta Rintala; Sami Paavola – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study analyses development of research-related innovation activities in a University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Finland. Focus on production of innovations in relation to academization challenges the traditions of applied research in UAS, which has always relied on collaboration with local stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology, Universities, Educational Innovation
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Short, Heather; Anderson, Valerie Anne – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the implications of national and international standards for human resource development (HRD) practice. It focuses on the experiences, perceptions and learning of those involved in the social construction of standards and standardisation processes. Design/methodology/approach: The research is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Standard Setting, Policy Formation
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Bynner, Claire; Terje, Anna – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2021
Background: Public service practitioners on all levels aim to solve increasingly complex policy problems by making use of different forms of evidence. While there are many complex models of knowledge mobilisation, not enough attention is paid to the types of knowledge that are mobilised for public service reform. Ward (2017) has returned to…
Descriptors: Public Service, Evidence, Change, Local Government
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van der Mars, Hans; Lawson, Hal A.; Mitchell, Murray; Ward, Phillip – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2021
Notwithstanding the contributions of a few policy experts, overall physical education is constrained by policy illiteracy and neglect. A brief historical perspective on physical education policy provides a foundation for "a policy primer" founded on three recurring needs: (1) antecedent and corequisite factors meriting attention in…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Physical Education, Educational History
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Miron, Jennie; McKenzie, Amanda; Eaton, Sarah Elaine; Stoesz, Brenda; Thacker, Emma; Devereaux, Lisa; Persaud, Nira; Steeves, Marcia; Rowbotham, Kate – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2021
In this article we report findings from a review of universities' academic integrity policies in Ontario, Canada. The research team systematically extracted, reviewed, and evaluated information from policy documents in an effort to understand how these documents described contract cheating in Ontario universities (n = 21). In all, 23 policies were…
Descriptors: Integrity, Ethics, Cheating, Outsourcing
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Hu, Xiaodan; Fernandez, Frank; Gándara, Denisa – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
We examine the impact of the Texas Research Incentive Program (TRIP), a state policy that offers matching funds to incentivize private-sector donations to certain public universities. We use a national dataset and employ a generalized difference-in-differences approach with matching procedures to estimate the treatment effect of TRIP on revenues…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Educational Policy, Research Universities, Educational Finance
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García, Leire Rincón – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2021
Background: Despite the growing attention given to the political process of evidence-based policymaking (EBPM), we still know little about how evidence is processed at the early stages of the policymaking process, especially at the agenda-setting stage. Whether and when political elites pay attention to evidence-based information is crucial to the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Policy, Evidence Based Practice, Policy Formation
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Mustary, Mashraky – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2021
Education in Bangladesh is one of the basic requirements for everyone considering the idea that the country has a high number of uneducated individuals. The research herein focuses on examining and analysing the strategies and policies that Bangladesh uses to ensure it enhances the education in the country's schools. The theory adopted is the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Government Role, Educational Improvement
Danielle Pagliuca – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, has immensely accelerated the implementation of remote work in organizations. The purpose of this Action Research study was to understand the impact of the unplanned transition to remote work and provide managers with support to enable their teams to be successful in a remote environment at an administrative…
Descriptors: Change, Teleworking, Administrators, Private Colleges
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Daniel Nordholm; Carl-Henrik Adolfsson – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: Using a large-scale school improvement program in Sweden as a case, this article aims to explore the state governance of a large-scale school improvement program in Sweden and how officials at the state agency level made sense of the reform ideas and operationalized them in policy actions. Design/methodology/approach: Data were integrated…
Descriptors: Governance, Administrative Organization, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement
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Alicia M. Hoke; Chelsea M. Keller; Caroline L. Grimm; Erik B. Lehman; Deepa L. Sekhar – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: The whole school, whole community, whole child (WSCC) model suggests wellness councils, ongoing review of wellness policy, and a plan for evaluating set objectives are some of the key features needed to support school wellness infrastructure. This study explored the relationship between implementation of these infrastructure features…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Schools, Wellness, Educational Policy
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Anna Jobér – Journal of Education Policy, 2024
As the privatisation of the public sector has grown rapidly in Sweden in the last decade, private companies have become an imperative part of education. Private companies sell and deliver consultancy, hardware, software, services, etc. to schools and municipalities. This study examines a growing rate of activities from companies and businesses…
Descriptors: Privatization, Public Sector, Foreign Countries, Public Education
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Nicolás Bentancur – Teaching Public Administration, 2024
The main theories of the thriving field of study of public policies have been formulated at institutions of developed countries, mostly by the American academy, based on the particular conditions of policy-making processes of their own country. However, its heuristic premises are considered, initially, as universal and are used extensively in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Geographic Regions, Theories
Region 17 Comprehensive Center, 2024
The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) is not yet known, but the technology is expected to impact most aspects of our lives and work in the next 20 years. AI will be able to help solve complex problems, help with investment and business development, support medical and health care, and substantially impact the field of education. State…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, State Departments of Education
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Heather McMaster; Jennifer Way; Janette Bobis – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2024
Over the past decade, there has been unprecedented regulation of initial teacher education (ITE). The objective of this study was to generate an in-depth understanding of the structural challenges faced by tertiary educators as they responded to a federal policy and a related state government policy in teacher education. The policies imposed on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, College Faculty, Policy Formation, Specialization
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