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Educating Culturally Displaced Students with Truncated Formal Education (CDS-TFE): The Case of Refugee Students and Challenges for Administrators, Teachers, and Counselors (m37446)
Summary: From 2006 to 2008, refugee resettlement agencies brought 4018 refugees to Chicago, Illinois. Using the example of the challenges faced by 14 refugee students from Burundi in adjusting to the U.S. school system, the authors call the attention of schools to the distinction between educating English Language Learners (ELL) and ... also explored.
Language: English
Popularity: 62.89%
Revised: 2011-04-17
Revisions: 2
Integration of Foreign-Born Faculty in Academia: Foreignness as an Asset (m36649)
Summary: Each year, the U.S. invites thousands of foreign-born and foreign-educated professionals as immigrants and on temporary visas, including academicians. In some academic programs such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, these foreign-born professionals represent an imposing mass, while in others, they are relatively invisible. This review of ... an asset.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 54.22%
Revised: 2011-01-04
Revisions: 2
Is a Principal Certificate a Passport to Salary Enhancement or to Administrative Positions in Schools? (m16605)
Keywords: leadership, NCPEA, principal
Summary: The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an Illinois metropolitan program that prepares teachers for administrative and supervisory positions in schools by analyzing, over a 10-year period, its employment outcomes. Overall, from 1995 to 2005, 503 students graduated from the program, 451 of whom with ... non-administrative positions.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 58.60%
Revised: 2008-06-12
Revisions: New
Proliferation of Masters Degrees In General Administration: Refocusing School Leadership Reform (m33601)
Keywords: educational administration, masters degree, principal preparation
Summary: The proliferation of inappropriate master’s degrees in educational administration is a tough challenge facing efforts to reform school leadership in the nation. In the state of Illinois alone, there are 26 universities and colleges offering 32 master’s degree programs in educational leadership. In all, candidates enroll in 16 ... degree programs.
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 52.41%
Revised: 2010-02-02
Revisions: 2
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