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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"academic leadership"”.
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Academic leadership and work-related attitude
… Education has resulted in increased interest by academics and practitioners on leadership in the higher education sector. Recent studies have noted that there has been very limited research conducted on the question of which forms of academic leadership are associated with individual academic …
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Physical Therapist Faculty Transition To Academic Leadership
<p>The Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) has elevated the accreditation standards for physical therapy (PT) faculty and program directors. These increased standards along with the proliferation of new physical therapy education programs and retirements of current …
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Community College Academic Leadership: Examining Effective Leadership Teams
… colleges across the country, the division of academic affairs faces many challenges. Chief academic affairs officers (CAAOs) and academic-leadership teams need to effectively lead the division. Academic deans support the division of academic affairs, and the CAAO provides guidance and …
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The practice of authority in academic leadership/management
… understanding of authority in higher education academic management/leadership. Although there is rich literature on education management and leadership, the role of authority in this area has received less attention. Drawing on an understanding of authority as social, multiple, changeable and …
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The transition experience of faculty members into academic leadership
… of faculty members as they transitioned into the academic leadership role of chair. The case study design was used to provide an intensive bounded analysis of the real-life transition experiences of new chairs. Seven new chairs provided data through two interviews each and documents including …
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Academic Leadership in Advancement Activities: A Dimension of the Dean's Role in American Higher Education
… <p>This study investigated and analyzed academic leadership and management of advancement activities in American higher education with particular attention given to schools of dentistry. It focused on how American schools of dentistry may organize and manage their fund -raising programs …
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Women in Academic Leadership Roles at Research Intensive Universities: Examining the Recent Past Using NSOPF-93
… factors that impact women's advancement to academic leadership roles at research intensive universities. It uses data from a 1993 national collection of information on post-secondary faculty. Academic leaders were defined as faculty who served as department chairs, deans, provosts, …
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“We must keep reaching across the table and feed each other” life stories of Black women in academic leadership roles in higher education at predominantly white institutions
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2019-05-01
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Exploring the under-representation of women at Vice Chancellor level in the UK through gender and leadership development lenses
… of the general population, 50% of early career academics and 60% of higher education students. The research presented in this thesis explores why so few women are Vice Chancellors, and whether anything can be done to increase the number. It also examines whether leadership development can make a …
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College graduates’ perceptions of their use of teamwork skills: soft skill development in Fort Hays State University Leadership Education
… hires. Skills such as communication, teamwork, leadership and adaptability are commonly ranked as deficient. Academic leadership education strongly emphasizes this valuable skill set often referred to as soft skills. This study examined the relationship of the soft skills gained to the amount of …
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Women in Senior Leadership Roles: A Quantitative Analysis of Representation Across Texas Public Universities
The quantitative study examined women in leadership positions in academic and non-academic roles across 36 public institutions in Texas. Despite women attaining higher levels of educational credentials than men (National Center for Education Statistics, 2023), they remain underrepresented in senior …
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Building Psychological Capital through Leadership Development
… college women’s involvement in various types of leadership activities and the constructs of hope, resilience, and leadership-efficacy. Data from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership, conducted at Washburn University in spring of 2018, were analyzed to determine how co-curricular, …
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The characteristics of effective leadership in an academic context: A case study of four colleges of technology in Oman
… of this study is to advance the literature on leadership by investigating the Full Range Leadership Model (FRLM) Bass and Avolio (1994-1997) in the context of the Colleges of Technology (CoTs) in Oman. Design/methodology/approach – In order to achieve the research objective and answer the …
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Developing a competency model for head of departments at tertiary education institutions in South Africa
… to be highly competent and efficient. Excellent academic leadership is needed from all levels of management to reach strategic goals and to build the local and international profile of the university. The objectives of this study are firstly to determine which competencies are needed by Heads of …
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A Translocal Approach to Dialogue-based Art
… undertaken through the practice of the ‘artist/academic’, drawing on my professional experience in artistic research, academic leadership and teaching, each informing my methods and findings. The problem which emerged through the practice is how to devise an approach to dialogue-based art that …
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Factors that Shape Administrators' Decisions for Implementing Online Courses in Small Private Universities
… how the vision and philosophy of the academic leadership in small private universities influence the development of online learning. Investigations regarding online learning leadership have noted four core issues: 1) a clear institutional vision for online learning, 2) policy for …
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High school instructional coaches and their cultural impact on teacher development
… teacher sentiment. This study informs the academic leadership team’s understanding of the teachers’ response to the resource guide. This research identified the importance of collaboration and feedback loops and how essential they were for teacher success. However, it also informed the …
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Explorations in Leadership Education: The Role of Leadership Education in Higher Education Outcomes
<p>There has been much criticism of academic leadership programs for not adequately preparing leaders. This is the case for all of the major programs: business administration, educational leadership, military science, and public administration. However, these evaluations themselves are limited …
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Explorations in Leadership Education: The Role of Leadership Education in Higher Education Outcomes
<p>There has been much criticism of academic leadership programs for not adequately preparing leaders. This is the case for all of the major programs: business administration, educational leadership, military science, and public administration. However, these evaluations themselves are limited …
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Defining a Global Learning Environment in Higher Education: A Case for the Global Seminar Project
… included five areas: (a) course structure and academic leadership/management; (b) stakeholder involvement; (c) institutional support; (d) course conducive content; and (e) teaching and learning practices. Within these five major areas I indicated four "global" categories of the learning …
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