bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Book Review: Island of The Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett
Authors: Maresco Peter , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A book review of Island of the Lost by Joan Druett.
Teacher Education in Nigeria: Past, Present and Future Challenges.
Authors: Osokoya Israel , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The history of western education in Nigeria was intimately bound up with the history of westerneducation in Europe. During and after the Dark Ages in Europe, the church dominated the business ofeducation and this had a tremendous impact on the intellectual life of people not only in Europe andAmerica but also in the British colonial territories of Asia and Africa. Historically, the British imperialambition and effective occupation of Nigeria dated back to the second half of the 19th century eventhough some Europeans including British traders had assumed trading activities with the people in thecoastal areas of the region since 1533 (Osokoya 2008). It is on record that the British naval forcesstarted their pre-occupation of Southern Nigeria in 1851 when they bombarded the city of Lagos topunish Kosoko the King of the city who continued with the obnoxious slave trade despite its abolitionin the British empire in 1833. Barely ten years after the bombardment, the British government annexedthe city to the British Crown (Osokoya 2008). It was only in 1900 that the British flag was flown in theNorthern Nigeria (Abubakar, 1980). Britain thereafter adopted a number of measures includingcoercion and diplomacy to remove all visible African opposition to her full central authority of theNigerian nation. In fact, with the amalgamation of the Northern protectorate with the Colony andSouthern Protectorate in 1914, Britain had succeeded in making herself the sole paramount ruler overa people of different cultures and multi-lingual communities which she unilaterally named Nigeria.Interestingly, western education in the area preceded the establishment of the British Crown as theEuropean Christian missions had free hand in the provision of western education to the people in thearea a decade before and about three decades after imperial occupation.
Telling Stories and Living Art: Making Room for Social Justice and Diversity in Graduate Education
Authors: Arrows Four , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Indigenous scholars discovered that indigenous knowledge is far more than the binary opposite ofwestern knowledge. As a concept, indigenous knowledge benchmarks the limitations of Eurocentrictheory — its methodology, evidence, and conclusions — reconceptualizes the resilience and self-relianceof indigenous peoples, and underscores the importance of their own philosophies, heritages,and educational processes. Indigenous knowledge fills the ethical and knowledge gaps in Eurocentriceducation, research, and scholarship (2002:5).
Assessment of Student Learning Practices: The Perceptions of Faculty Members and Administrators at A Public University in The University System of Georgia
Authors: Williams James , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of selected faculty members andadministrators at a public university in the University System of Georgia regarding the most importantassessment practices of undergraduate student learning. In addition it was to provide findings thatwould enhance the assessment plans of University System of Georgia member institutions and reflectthe most important practices. Finally it was to provide a basis for further discussion for implementingstandard practices of assessment of undergraduate student learning.
Exploring Linkages Between Business Strategy and Patent Strategy: A Proposed Typology
Authors: Popejoy Steven , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This paper is an attempt to develop a typology which would theoretically represent the relationship between a patent strategy and a business strategy in a given organization. Such a relationship follows from previous work in related fields which theories a linkage between business strategy and functional strategy that can have a positive impact on organizational performance. An underling assumption is made that intellectual capital represents a functional area for today's high tech firm. In creating the proposed typology, use is made of the Miles and Snow typology of business strategies.
Intellectual Capital: A Balance Sheet Asset? (A Measurement Perspective)
Authors: Morgan John , Ihrke Frederic , Hurley James , null null
Published: February 2023

Should financial measures of intellectual capital be placed on the balance sheet? If so how will intellectual capital be measured, and how will its inclusion on the balance sheet improve financial division-making? We examine, from a financial measurement perspective, a growing body of intellectual capital research calling for inclusion of intellectual assets on the balance sheet, and conclude the proposals are naïve in terms of accounting measurement realities, and confused in terms of purposes severed. Attempting to include dollar measures of intellectual capital on the balance sheet, from an accounting measurement perspective, is unworkable and will not accomplish what intellectual capital researchers believe it will.
Transforming Schools: A Practical Guide for Empowering Change Agents to Facilitate Diversity Transformation
Authors: Mott Michael , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

For several years now we have all been made aware via numerous media sources and publishingoutlets that the demographics of United States K-12 student body and teaching faculty is rapidlytransforming into an increasingly more racial, ethnic and religious melting pot representing ourdemocratic societal milieu. Recent research has pointed out the value that a diverse teaching andlearning community offers by supporting multiple viewpoints that expand the understandings wedevelop about ourselves and the world in order that we contribute to our democracy (Banks, 2007).Diversity textbooks cover teacher methods for best practice. Yet for elementary and secondary schoolprincipals responsible for administering to their K-12 faculty, less has been articulated about the "how"school-based administrators can lead teachers in leveraging the increasingly pluralistic student body toenhance both teaching and learning.
The Case for Growing our Own
Authors: Walseth Teri , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

At any given time, there are literally hundreds of institutions recruiting academic deans to fill vacantpositions. On November 23, 2008, higheredjobs.com listed 331 dean searches nationwide. Given thatstaggering number and the fact that the average tenure of deans is five years, this is a trend that islikely to continue (ASHE-ERIC 2001). Why is this, and more importantly, what can be done about it?
Getting The Job Done: Moderating Conflict In Culturally Diverse Teams
Authors: Rittle Dennis , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Conflict literature reveals that team diversity influences team member satisfaction mediated through affective conflict. This research proposal argues that the team diversity and affective conflict reduction (TDACR) model can moderate the negative influence of affective conflict by introducing a moderating variable, team ontology, which measures team functionality and member role comprehension. This proposal recommends collecting data from a culturally diverse airplane manufacturing plant, which utilizing teams that perform routine and non—routine tasks to test the hypotheses. The leadership implications of the TDACR model suggest increasing team ontology or decreasing team diversity to maintain positive levels of team member satisfaction.
Proprietary Financing Of Global Economic Development To Complement Official Development Assistance
Authors: Flynn Patrice , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Something significant is happening in the world of global finance. A new socioeconomic development model has emerged, whereby, seed capital for small business start-ups is provided directly from shareholder-investors rather than multilateral aid or official development assistance (ODA). The new model co-opts the language of microfinance, the success of small lending programs for the poor, and the good-will associated with the notion of small business development to create a new microcredit financial industry and financial asset class. The phenomenon has the potential to alter our fundamental notion of global socioeconomic development. This article explores the proprietary nature of financing from wealthy investors such as family philanthropists, venture capitalists, private equity firms, insurers, and commercial banks. The rebranding of microfinance technology provides a useful case study to understand how proprietary financing works and what the changes portend for investors and people with low incomes trying to work their way out of poverty.
Development of Future Leaders: A case study on the Bank of Thailand (BOT)
Authors: Chandprapalert Adisak , Suwannapirom Suda , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

In the chaotic, volatile and complex business environment at the present time, an organization must beable to learn from and adapt to changes in order to enhance competitive advantage. As a result,leaders who make strategic decisions must adopt a new mind-set as new realities emerge andencourage strategic flexibility across and within their organizations (Hitt, Ireland, & Hoskisson, 2005).There are two significant factors to be strategically flexible on a continuing basis including leaders mustdevelop an organization vision with a corresponding strategic plan and have the ability to managechanges (Zaccaro & Banks, 2004). Vision and leadership are the requisite for organization’s successand survival (Fechter & Horowitz, 1991; Nanus 1992).
Degree of Availability and Utilization of Information Technology by Jordanian School Principals
Authors: Shatnawi Nawaf , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

No doubt that the most striking features of this century is the technological revolution: Computers,communications and other electronic mediums are main components for any developing program inthe educational field. Therefore, the Ministry of Education in Jordan adapted an educational reformprogram aimed at utilizing information technology in schools. The program was called "Educationalreform for Knowledge Economy" ( ERFKE).School’s administration was one of (ERFKE) domains. For the importance of Information Technology,the Ministry Of Education did its best to broaden the use of computers in all Jordanian schools ( AlHeleh, 2001) as part of reaching its goal of an "electronic school." Using technology by principals is oneway of developing and enhancing their leadership performance by saving time and effort. In addition,the revolution in using communication networks and new information systems, which, of course, requirethe use of computers and advanced technology, may determine the competitive advantage of anycountry (Tesurey, 2006), and helps in closing the divide between developed and developing countriesin what is called "digital divide."
CEO Compensation, Backdated Stock Options, and Compensation Committees
Authors: Frankforter Steven , Becton Bret , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

CEO compensation in U. S. based companies has undergone considerable scrutiny in recent years. Among the common observations are that U. S. executives are highly paid relative to those of other countries and that the disparities in compensations are increasing over time. In this study, we investigate the effects that backdated stock options, compensation committee structure and process, and ownership factors have on levels or executive compensation. Combining agency and organizational theory perspectives, we find CEO compensation positively associated with the presence of backdated stock options, few large-block stockholders, and small compensation committees.
The Business Core Application Seminar: Using Student Teams and Integrated Projects To Leverage Learning and Build Soft Skills
Authors: Towell Elizabeth , Elliott Kenneth , Fox Barbara , Petros Joan
Published: February 2023

This paper proposes an upper division business course, The Business Core Application Seminar, which supports three related notions in business education: integrated learning, active learning and the development of soft skills. The course encompasses a variety of student team projects culminating in a Global Expansion Feasibility Project which is course encompasses a variety of student team projects culminating in a Global Expansion Feasibility Project which is course encompasses a variety of student team projects culminating in a Global Expansion Feasibility Project which is described in detail. The course described has been delivered at a major midwestern university for many years and was recently recognized in an AACSB competition as utilizing creative and unique strategies for advancing the quality of education in business schools.
Are Administrators Disconnected? A Comparison Case Study of Important Teacher Dispositions in Elementary Science
Authors: Stewart Bethany , Eick Charles , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The identification of dispositions as a gauge for teacher effectiveness has become a part of manyschool systems and teacher education programs. Accrediting agencies, such as the National Councilfor Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Interstate New Teacher Assessment andSupport Consortium (INTASC), have been instrumental in emphasizing teacher dispositions’ presencein higher education institutions and local schools. NCATE defines dispositions as: "Values,commitments, and professional ethics that influence behaviors toward students, families, colleagues,and communities and affect student learning, motivation, and development as well as the educator’sown professional growth" (2006, p. 53). NCATE and INTASC strongly suggest that teachers havecertain dispositions to allow for teacher effectiveness (Smith, Knopp, Skarbek, & Rushton, 2005;Thornton, 2006; Koeppen & Davison-Jenkins, 2007). Administrators’ view of teacher dispositions isvaluable as well. They will need to assess teachers’ dispositions to determine the effectiveness ofinstruction and their attitude towards the teaching profession.
Table of Contents - Spring 2010
Authors: null Fort Hays State University College of Education , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Academic Leadership Journal Spring 2010 table of contents
Values-Based Management or The Performance-Values Matrix: Was Jack Welch Right?
Authors: Buchko Aaron , Buchko Kathleen , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Two alternative models were identified in the existing literature on organization values and managerial performance. The Values-Based Management model suggests that organizational values influence managerial job performance through a process of enactment, am/ thus managerial performance is contingent upon the strength of the firm's values. The Performance-Values Matrix model suggests that organizational values and managerial job performance are independent constructs. We conducted an empirical study of these two models at a manufacturing facility. We measured organizational values enactment through a 360 degree feedback process using Behavioral Observation Scales, and obtained data on manager's annual job performance appraisal ratings. The results showed virtually no relationship between organization values and manager's job performance. We conclude from this study that the Performance-Values Matrix is a more accurate model. Implications for research and practitioners are discussed.
From Hell: The Surge of Corruption in Nigeria (1999 – 2007)
Authors: Oshewolo Segun , Olanrewaju J. , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Nigeria is one of the world’s most endowed nations, with abundant human and natural resources.These resources are located in all the states of the federation and exist in commercial quantities (seeAjibewa, 2006:261). The proceeds from these resources have been disproportionately distributed tothe disadvantage of the poor population while through the paraphernalia of the presidium ofgovernment, the allocation of resources has been done to generously favour the ruling and businesselites as well as their cronies. This situation has given rise to the grave issue of inequality in the country.The availability of these resources notwithstanding, Nigeria is still underdeveloped; a condition that haslargely been blamed on corruption. Therefore, in the case of Nigeria, there appears to be an intricaterelationship between corruption, inequality and poverty. However, the universal application of thishypothesis will be a subject of further research.
Principals’ Behavior and Job Satisfaction of Secondary School Teachers
Authors: Chaudhary Azhar , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Without question, the concept and practice of shared governance is critical to the health and vitality ofany institution of higher education. Perhaps no other characteristic distinguishes American highereducation more than this system of participatory governance and oversight. Democratic involvement ininstitutional decision-making, both operational and strategic, and at the institutional, school, and evenacademic department level, is necessary for institutional effectiveness and efficiency (Eckel, 2000).However, the issue is not without controversy, as shared governance is second only to tenure as mostdebated topic in academe (Tierney & Holley, 2005).
A Process Evaluation of the Mentorship Programme of the University of Education, Winneba
Authors: Essuman Sally , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This evaluation of the mentorship programme of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), is a partfulfillment of the requirements for the completion of a Postgraduate Diploma in Monitoring andEvaluation Methods course undertaken at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. The University ofEducation, Winneba (UEW) is a higher education institution mandated by the Act that established it totrain teachers for the country’s formal education sector. In line with this mandate, the University adoptedthe model that is made up of a 3-year on campus theory-based and one-year off-campus school based.The one-year school-based experience is referred to as the Student Internship Programme(SIP). This is an intensive school-based student teaching-learning experience, which provides astructured, supervised and clinical experience for the student-teacher. The conceptual underpinnings ofthis programme is that teachers are supposed to be reflective decision makers who facilitate students’learning by reflecting on their practice, assess and improve their teaching behaviours.
Reflections on Special Education
Authors: Peters Sandra , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Special Education teachers are very special people. Even though I have taught 7-12th grade English,high school speech, drama, forensics, debate, and directed a Montessori Middle School teaching allsubjects, Special Education was a whole new world to me. I had been present at IEPs but neverpresented IEPs. I have had special education students in my class with and without paras, but neverhad I taught special education in a self-contained classroom. This past semester, I have been able toadd teaching Special Education English grades 10-12 to my resume. I have presented IEPs,participated in FBAs and created BIPs, which I didn’t even know existed before this semester. I havetaught students with learning disabilities and students with behavior and conduct disorders. I have metparents who have little more skills than their children and parents that have PHDs and are collegeprofessors. All exist in the world of special education.
Table of Contents - Summer 2010
Authors: null Fort Hays State University College of Education , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Academic Leadership Journal Summer 2010 table of contents
Perceptual Chasm Between Industry and Academic Leaders on the Quality of Higher Education
Authors: Rajasingh S. , Rajasekaran B. , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

In the context of the Information Technology Revolution, Communication Explosion, the KnowledgeEconomy and Globalization, India’s production of Professionals is phenomenal. With over 300Universities and 15,600 Colleges spewing out 2.5 million graduates each year, in terms of the volumeof production India trails behind only the US and recently China. Each year India produces 350,000Engineers, twice the number produced by the US. A recent evaluation of Universities and ResearchInstitutes all over the world, conducted by a Shanghai university, has not a single Indian University in theworld’s top 300 – China has six.
Lessons Learned about Mentoring Junior Faculty in Higher Education
Authors: Waxman Hersh , Collins Tracy , Slough Scott , null null
Published: February 2023

Mentoring junior faculty in higher education is often thought of as an easy task that every tenured facultymember and college administrator thinks they can effectively do. Most tenured faculty think they knowthe "tricks of the trade" because they have successfully gone through the process themselves. Mostadministrators also think they know what to do because they have seen or gained "insight" from viewingthe successful and unsuccessful tenure applicants over the last few years. This "lived experience" oftenured faculty and administrators, however, may not be the current "lived experience" of junior faculty inhigher education today.
Level of Existence & Leadership Style - Is There A Correlation?
Authors: Roberson Nicole , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This study was conducted to determine whether the Discovery Assessment (DA) used to assess level of existence and the Styles of Leadership Survey (SLS) used to assess leadership style would aid in the selection of managers. Craves (1970) asserted that people progress through eight levels of existence and people with the higher levels of existence possessed the psychological maturity needed for today's managers. Blake and Mouton (1964) concluded that there were five primary leadership styles and the one high in production and people was the most optimal. The data revealed a link between level of existence and leadership style.
Leadership Dispositions: What Are They and Are They Essential to Good Leadership
Authors: Helm Carroll , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

George Orwell once wrote an intriguing and acclaimed short-story called The Shooting of an Elephant.The story takes place in the mid 1930’s in Moulmein, lower Burma. Orwell was a young police officer inthe province that was still under British colonial rule. He describes in lurid detail how is pressured intokilling a tame elephant that had escaped his trainer’s chains and was enjoying a day of freedom.Unfortunately, the elephant ravages a local market and a man is killed by the elephant. Over 2,000Burmese were watching and waiting to see what he would do. What happens next is an example ofwhat leadership courage is not. "I halted on the road. When I saw the elephant I knew with perfectcertainty that I ought not to shoot him." He shoots the elephant anyway. "I often wondered if any of theothers grasped that I had done it solely to keep from looking the fool (Literature Network, 2009)."Sometimes it takes extreme courage not to act on something when being pressured by the majority.This quality or disposition called courage is one of five absolutely essential dispositions every leadermust possess. Is it possible to define those qualities, traits, skills or dispositions which could guaranteeor predict success for a leader in any endeavor or position which requires leadership? Do leaders at alllevels and in all organizations possess certain dispositions which make them successful? I’m sure theyoung Orson learned a valuable lesson from that experience, and probably reasoned later his lack ofcourage was related to his youth. Was it? Certainly many people blame their youth for all kinds oflapses of judgment, failures of conscience and for just doing the wrong thing. Could it be that theysimply don’t have the "right stuff."
Escalation of Commitment: An Integrative Model of Individual, Organizational, and Contextual PR Editors
Authors: Donoher William , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This article seeks to extend the existing literature on escalation of commitment by presenting an integrative model of the escalation process. Individual, organizational, and contextual predators jointly influence either decision to commit additional resources to an existing course of action or to withdraw and pursue alternative opportunities. Specifically, realization of past losses and the extent to which the individual is identified with the original decision moderate the relationship between the individual’s risk preferences and risk propensity. In turn, the escalation decision follows from risk propensity, but various organizational and contextual predictors either increase or decrease the strength of the relationship. The model’s implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Conflict in the Community College Classroom.
Authors: Carpenter Will , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Violence and aggression in the community college classroom is something overlooked by many. "In agiven month, 11 percent of all students reported having something stolen, 1.3 percent of all studentsreported being physically assaulted, and 12 percent of all teachers reported having something stolen, 5percent of these thefts occurring by way of force, weapons, or threats" (Barton, 1998). At this level ofeducation, it is typically assumed that students will act professionally and know how to control angerand situations of conflict. On the contrary, at this level, students may be under more stress thanelementary and/or secondary students. One in four professors witness conflict and/or violence in thecollege classroom ("One in four," 2009). Conflicts arise from many different reasons in the communitycollege classroom. Academic egos, social class, high school locale, and other factors give reason tomany conflicts in the college classroom.
Waiting for ‘Superman’: A Review and Commentary
Authors: Durr Tony , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

With the advent of the global economy and high-speed Internet, online collaboration is fast becomingthe norm in education and industry [1]. Information technology (IT) creates many new inter-relationshipsamong businesses, expands the scope of industries in which a company must compete to achievecompetitive advantage. Information systems and technology allow companies to coordinate theiractivities in distant geographic locations [2]. IT is providing the infrastructure necessary to support thedevelopment of new collaboration forms among industry and education. Virtual research anddevelopment (R&D) teams represent one such relational form, one that could revolutionize theworkplace and provide organizations with unprecedented levels of flexibility and responsiveness [3-4].Virtual teams give many advantages to organizations, including increased knowledge sharing [5] andimprove organizational performance [6]. Virtual teams have altered the expectations and boundaries ofknowledge worker’s interactions. Many R&D organizations and teams currently use a specializedknowledge portal for research collaboration and knowledge management [7]. Hence, the move towardsa virtual world is becoming ever more relevant to industry and education as organizations outsourceactivities across national geographic boundaries [8].
2006 Symposium Announcement
Authors: null null , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

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An examination of tension in the space between leadership philosophy and the cultural reality of schools
Authors: Starr Lisa , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Diversity is what gives our society depth and arguably beauty but it also problematizes already complexsocial issues like the importance and value placed on the education. In part, this challenge existsbecause public education is founded on the "values and belief systems of the dominant cultural andlinguistic class" (Goddard & Hart, 2007, p. 16) yet schools are a complex, heterogeneous weave ofcultures (Murakami-Ramalho, 2008). According to Chambers (2003), Canadian students are "probablythe most ethnically, racially, linguistically, and religiously diverse of any school population in the world"(p. 223). This is no less true in the United States where one third of the school population is consideredethnically, linguistically or culturally diverse (Ladson-Billings, 2005). In European countries, the growth ofthe population has also shifted towards greater diversity; Switzerland, for example is now 20% foreignborn (Levin, 2008). Despite this reality, schools leaders struggle to find ways to address the needs ofculturally diverse students and their families (Bazron, Osher & Fleischman, 2005; Goddard & Hart,2007); this challenge creates conflict in schools, particularly for those charged with their leadership.
Academic Progress Reports: Leadership Implications for College Basketball Coaches
Authors: Satterfield James , Croft Chris , Godfrey Michael , Flint April
Published: February 2023

The Academic Progress Report, commonly referred to as APR, is an evaluation tool established by the NCAA to monitor current academic progress for Division I intercollegiate student-athletes in regard to eligibility, retention, and graduation. APR data collection was initially started with the 2003-04 academic year. The first data report was released in February 2005 for all Division I member institutions. The Academic Progress Report was born out of a need to better calculate graduation rates and is a continuous assessment tool for the NCAA. Under this new system, the APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet all minimum academic eligibility standards and who remain at that Division I institution. The Division I Board of Directors approved 925 as the minimum cut off score for all teams. The 925 score out of a possible 1,000 translates to approximately sixty percent on the new Graduation Success Rate (GSR). The GSR is an alternate graduation rate system that was also recently launched by the NCAA. While the existing graduation rate calculation system is still in place, the new GSR accounts for outgoing transfer or incoming transfer student-athletes which the current graduation rate calculation does not. The existing graduation rate system also does not monitor student-athlete eligibility.
The Student Athlete and the National Letter of Intent: A Commitment to Leadership or a Leadership Crisis in the Making
Authors: Sanders Brenda , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

In today’s world of college basketball, the incidence of head coaching changes has hampered theexperience and expectations for intercollegiate basketball players. The spring of every academic yearexperiences a ripple effect of hiring’s and firings throughout the college basketball landscape. The jobchanges of one institution caused by unexpected firings and resignations of head coaches affect everyschool participating as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Thesemultidimensional scenarios impact between thirty to seventy-five college basketball head coachingpositions out of three hundred twenty five throughout the nation annually.
Working Together to Ease the Pressure to Publish in Higher Education
Authors: Burns Barbara , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Academics are under a great deal of pressure to publish. Decisions on crucial issues of hiring, tenureand promotion are largely determined by publication rates (Boice & Jones, 1984) and faculty scholarlyperformance has traditionally been assessed by "straight counts" of publications (Braxton & DelFavero, 2002). These publication rates are used by institutions as an indicator of the institution’sperformance and are important criteria in securing external funding from government and other sources(McGrail, Rickard & Jones, 2006). Failure to publish within the expected norms established by acollege or university can result in a faculty member’s termination.
Fostering Equity & Diversity in Faculty Recruitment
Authors: Fleetwood Janet , Aebersold Nancy , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Participating in a search for a new faculty member, whether as a search committee member, searchcommittee chairperson, department chairperson, or dean, poses unique challenges for those inacademics. Though we may be an expert in conducting rigorous research, a prolific writer, or a gifted"sage on the stage" in the classroom, few of us are also experts in academic recruiting. All toofrequently we bumble through the search process, hoping fervently that the person we ultimately hire –the person who will likely be our colleague for decades – is someone who will turn out to be a seriousscholar, productive researcher, collegial colleague, and an engaging educator.
Teachers’ Perceptions of Students Who Are Learning Disabled and Gifted
Authors: Aldridge Patricia , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This study was viewed as being significant for teachers who are interested in teaching the LD/gifted.Children who are both gifted and learning disabled are likely to benefit from the knowledge and skill ofeducators who are committed to developing both the cr4eativity and academic areas of students whoare gifted and learning disabled face obstacles in the typical classroom setting. Parents of thesestudents also might benefit from this study.Parents and students should be more aware of the availability of services their schools provide inassisting them in becoming successful. Federal laws such as PL. 94-142 mandate that all students withdisabilities are to receive a free and appropriate education and must have an IndividualizedEducational Plan (IEP) to meet their needs.
Assessing Student Achievement the Right Way: A Study of Practicing Teachers
Authors: Williams James , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of practicing teachers in the state of Georgiaregarding the most important assessment practices in K-12 public schools. In addition, the study wasconducted to provide findings to enhance assessment of student achievement practices in Georgia’sK-12 public schools. Finally, the study was conducted to provide a basis for further research in the areaof determining the most effective assessment of student achievement practices in Georgia’s K-12public schools.
The Need for Awareness of Servant Leadership in Business Schools
Authors: Usun Salih , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Every year, thousands of students graduate from business schools all over the world. These graduatesbecome the leaders in multinational companies, business establishments and corporations. In recentyears there have been many scandals and frauds in multinational businesses like Enron, WorldCom,Hollinger International, Marsh & McLennan and Satyam Computers Services Ltd. Experience hasshown that these establishments crashed because the top leaders failed miserably in areas likehonesty, humility, reliability and trustworthiness even though they were educated in reputed educationalinstitutions.
Reframing Systems Disasters With Three Perspectives of organizational Culture
Authors: Page Karen , Page James , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This paper presents the major literature on systems disasters and how organizational culture is portrayed in this literature. The paper then outlines the three cultural perspectives used by Martin 2002 to describe organizational cultures: integration, differentiation, and fragmentation. The paper explores show these perspectives influence interpretations about the disasters described. The paper concludes that the effect of an organization’s culture on safety, reliability, and disasters can be fully understood only when all three perspectives are applied.
Transform or Transact? Which Leader Gets Better Results? A Meta - Analysis
Authors: Mulki Jay , Jaramillo Fernando , Locander William , null null
Published: February 2023

This study used meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between leadership style and job performance in sales settings. Specifically, the research investigates whether transformational or transactional leadership is more appropriate in creating a high performing sales environment. Results indicate that transformational leadership is positively and significantly related to salesperson’s job performance, whereas the relationship between transactional leadership and job performance is mixed. Also, results suggest that the relationship between transformational leadership and job performance is stronger when subjective, rather than objective, measures of job performance are used.
Simple Way for a Successful Path
Authors: Nadeera Km. , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Education is the basic path to create a complete person improving high thinking and analyticalskills for solving problems. Certain defects of the science education would be observed indeveloping countries minimizing the nations’ strength towards the better development. Quality ofthe science education is the common fact to be considered in developing countries. Most of thedeveloping countries are following western educational systems which are unsuitable for man’sstrength in developing countries as a result of the colonization. Exam oriented teaching processesare going on without understanding and applications. Learner centered, activity based scienceeducation is unpracticed due to the compact, advanced theories and concepts. Lack of skillfulscience teachers, unavailability of proper teacher training programs and lack of resources aremajor problems in those countries. How to prepare an active based lesson to enhance learners’knowledge and skills was focused overcoming ‘teacher centered’ teaching process. The lesson‘battery chemistry’ was formulated considering above facts and applied in some Sri Lankan highschools.
Strategizing For Economic Rehabilitation and Self-reliance In Nigeria: The Need For Indigenous Technology
Authors: Nbina Jacobson , Viko B. , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Technology may be defined as modern machines, equipment, tools and associated knowledge, techniques may be defined as modern machines, equipment, tools and associated knowledge, techniques and processes involved in the making, using and maintaining these gadgets in producing goods and services for man’s consumption. It is technology viewed thus, that accounts for the speed of delivery, the quantity and quality and other attributes of goods and services which a modern society enjoys. Indigenous technology means technology as defined above with the additional condition that it is developed by an indigenous people (in this case Nigerians) through a process that would include studying of available modern scientific technologies and adapting them to the Nigerian environment, improving upon them in the light of local conditions and eventually initiating original indigenous technologies (Ekpo-Ufot, 1990). Indigenous technologies as conceived, have to flow from modern science. The stages of their development involves, studying adapting and improving (innovation).
Teacher Factors In The Implementation Of Universal Basic Education Programme In Junior Secondary Schools In The South Senatorial District Of Delta State, Nigeria
Authors: Nakpodia E.D. , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The idea of universal Education was first mooted in 1955 when the universal primary educationscheme was inaugurated by the government of Western Nigeria. The Eastern Nigeria governmentlaunched its own universal primary education in 1957. In Northern Nigeria, education was providedfree by government in a bid to make children attend school (Adeyemi, 2007). Thus, at its onset, theuniversal primary education scheme had been undertaken by regional government. There was noFederal Government intervention until 1976 when the universal primary education (UPE) was launchedto cover the whole country.
Perspectives in Provisions for Science and Technology Education in Nigeria: The Way Forward
Authors: Ifamuyiwa Adebola , Alebiosu Kehinde , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The promotion of science and technology education is a warmly embraced venture. Nigerianeducational system prioritized science and technology with policies that are favorably disposed toscience and technology education. The national policy on education and the national policy on scienceand technology made good provisions for science and technology education. Government through theeducation policy empowered the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE), the Basic Education,the senior secondary education, technical and scientific education and tertiary education with robustplan for science and technology education in the programmes. (FGN, 2004). The policy came intoexistence in 1977 and education was conceived as an instrument "par excellence" in achieving nationalunity, objectives and goals.
Teacher Perceptions of Administrative Support for Democratic Practice: Implications for Leadership and Policy
Authors: Murphy Audrey , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This paper reports results from a qualitative study that examined perceptions of administrative practiceexpressed by members of a grassroots teacher group committed to the practice of democraticeducation. The group (the Friday Roundtable) was comprised of K-12 public school teachers in ruralAppalachian Ohio who spent considerable time together trying to answer the collective question howcan we be better teachers? A key element of that dialogue involved consideration of increased stateand national pressures that often included educational expectations of their building administrators thatthe teachers perceived as undemocratic. Using case studies of eleven individual teachers situated inboth a Narrative Inquiry and Appreciative Inquiry design, the investigation examines the democraticeducational work of these teachers as they pursue educational equity in their highly-challenged schools.
Lateness: A Major Problem Confronting School Administrators in Delta State, Nigeria
Authors: Dafiaghor Famous , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Amongst other components of any organisation, human beings are the most difficult to manage. Folkspose the most problems to administrators any where in the world, not excluding school organisationsas learning factories in Delta State, Nigeria. Many authors have posited as a matter of fact that it iseasier to manage the financial and material components of any organisation than to manage thehuman component. They insinuate that "it is easier to manage even animals than to manage humanbeings" (Nakpodia, 2006; Peretomode, 1991; Peretomode, 2001; Ubogu, 2004; Emore, 2005;Ukoshi, 2004). Thus, in the school system, the school head, which is usually theheadmaster/headmistress or the principal, is confronted with numerous problems posed by staff and/orstudents. These problems include: sleeping on duty, negative attitude to tasks, lack of motivation totasks, sexual harassment, theft, quarrelling, malice, jealousy, envy, absenteeism, lateness, etc.
The Perceptions of Female School Leaders of the Obstacles and Enablers that Affected Their Career Paths to Educational Administration
Authors: Noel-Batiste Linda , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

n 1909 Ella Flagg Young, the first female superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, predicted thatmore women than men would be at the helm of most twentieth century school systems. Young’sprediction emanated from a belief, held by other influential leaders of her time, that teaching was awoman’s natural vocation, for it advanced a woman’s maternal instincts of caretaking and nurturing.Unfortunately, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, her prediction has not been fulfilled. Almost ahundred years after Young’s prediction, less than five percent of public school superintendents arewomen and less than twenty-seven percent of public secondary school principals are women (Digest ofEducational Statistics, 2004). Despite the fact that teaching has remained a feminized profession,educational administration continues to be dominated by males (Glazer, 1991), making this disparityone of education’s most challenging issues.
Academic Achievement and Demographic Traits of Homeschool Students: A Nationwide Study
Authors: Ray Brian , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The body of research on home-based education has expanded dramatically since the first studies and academic articles of the late 1970s that dealt with the modern homeschool movement. Numerous researchers have examined the academic achievement of home-educated children and youth, their social, emotional, and psychological development, and their success into adulthood, and various aspects of homeschool families in general. Researchers have also explored myriad other aspects and issues related to home education in disciplines such as philosophy, sociology, and law. Only a handful of studies, however, have looked closely at a large nationwide sample of home educators and their children in the United States, and the last one of this nature was conducted about a decade ago.
Trends in Expenses and Revenues at Not-for-profit and For-profit Postsecondary Institutions: The Nondistribution Constraint and the Future of the Trust Market
Authors: Fox-Garrity Bonnie , Fiedler Roger , Garrison Mark , null null
Published: February 2023

In the United States, every child has the right to an education and is required by law to attend school.The government provides an enormous number of public schools throughout the country, free of charge,in order to ensure education for all, yet there are families who choose to homeschool their childreninstead. Hill (2010) explains that "homeschooling is not a new phenomenon. In colonial days families,including wealthy ones, educated their children at home, combining the efforts of parents, tutors, andolder children" (p.1). He goes on to mention how colonial rural one-room schoolhouses provided aplace for the children of several families to study together under the direction of a teacher whoimplemented their personal program of instruction.
Technology Transfer and Human Resource Constraints and Challenges: A note to the developing world
Authors: Dartey-Baah Kwasi , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

capable and sophisticated. Although countries like Brazil, China and India have made significantstrides, most African countries have fallen behind in this journey. The good thing is, with globalisationand free trade; certain technologies previously controlled by certain developed countries are findingtheir way into the developing world markets without the associated costs. For example, somemultinationals now invest in developing countries in order to obtain a base for export to other subregionsand by doing so make available aspects of their technologies. The opportunity developingcountries have is to create an environment which would attract multinationals to invest into theircountries without compromising the freedom of their people. This approach will enable developingcountries to gain insights into emerging technologies, while taking the opportunity to develop their owntechnologies. It is for this reason that the right human resource capabilities with the appropriate skillsare essential.