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21st Century Challenges in Higher Education: Strategic Changes and Unintended Consequences (m45765)
Summary: In part, because many planned organizational improvements fall short of their intended goals, higher education administrators have not been able to promote sustained improvements. Most university leaders have been promoted into leadership roles without experience and training to enable them to foresee and address unintended outcomes of their decision making ... higher education.
Language: English
Popularity: 74.13%
Revised: 2013-02-13
Revisions: 2
Promoting Diversity in Public Education Leadership (m18745)
Keywords: diversity, leadership, minority students
Summary: This paper discusses proactive approaches for education leadership preparation programs to recruit and retain minority graduate students. A review of related literature is provided. The paper discusses barriers that contribute to low incidents of minority principals and minority principal candidates. Recommendations for creating pathways for the under-represented minorities to ... are discussed.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 80.53%
Revised: 2008-12-04
Revisions: 2
Shared Vision or Collective Assumptions? A Study of Educational Leaders’ Perceptions of Walkthroughs (m35853)
Summary: Graduate programs in educational administration are replete with courses focused on leadership theories and change strategies. Many theories support the concept of shared vision as a crucial element in organizational change. However, building shared vision throughout a complex system such as a school district requires complex skills that many educational ... shared vision.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 51.62%
Revised: 2010-10-27
Revisions: New
Unintended Consequences from Planned Change: A Challenge for Beginning Principals (Sumario en espanol) (m36050)
Summary:   In part, because many planned organizational improvements fall short of their intended goal educational leaders have not been able to promote sustained improvements. Many education leaders lack experience, skills, and knowledge associated with unintended outcomes; indeed, the culture within public education reinforces evaluation of planned outcomes, and, often, unintended outcomes ... principal preparation.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 72.55%
Revised: 2010-11-28
Revisions: 3
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