International Journal of Educational Management: Volume 31 Issue 3

An examination on the growth and sustainability of Australian transnational education

Fion Choon Boey Lim, Mahsood Shah

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the dynamics facing transnational education (TNE) in Australia through literature review in three major areas: policy changes in Australia…

Broad-based national education in globalisation: Conceptualisation, multiple functions and management

Yin Cheong Cheng, Timothy W.W. Yuen

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the worldwide discussion of conceptualization, multiple functions and management of national education in an era of globalisation by…

Voices of dissent: unpacking Vietnamese international student experience

Le Huong, Fung Kuen Koo, Rodney Arambewela, Ambika Zutshi

The purpose of this paper is to examine Vietnamese international students’ experiences with the campus learning environment by analysing differences in staff and student…

School discipline, investment, competitiveness and mediating educational performance

Hana Krskova, Chris Baumann

The purpose of this paper is to combine seemingly unrelated factors to explain global competitiveness. The study argues that school discipline and education investment affect…

Knowledge management in doctoral education toward knowledge economy

Adamantia Stamou

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role and the scope of knowledge management (KM) in doctoral education, in the emerging knowledge economy (KE) context, and the…

Questioning clerkship: applying Popper’s evolutionary analysis of learning to medical student training

Jeremy Sebastian Chitpin, Stephanie Chitpin

Through a series of critical discussions on Karl Popper’s evolutionary analysis of learning and the non-authoritarian values it promotes, the purpose of this paper is to advocate…

Exploring factors influencing international students’ decision to choose a higher education institution: A comparison between Chinese and other students

Melissa James-MacEachern, Dongkoo Yun

There is little research into small higher education institutions and international students’ choice in selecting these institutions. The purpose of this paper is to understand…

How might your staff react to news of an institutional merger? A psychological contract approach

Chris Senior, Colm Fearon, Heather Mclaughlin, Saranzaya Manalsuren

The purpose of this paper is to understand the nature of staff/employee (i.e. learning and teaching, curriculum support and administrative staff) perceptions, anxieties and…

The impact of instructional leadership, professional communities and extra responsibilities for teachers on student achievement

Abdullah Alam, Mushtaq Ahmad

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of instructional leadership, professional communities and extra “non-teaching” responsibilities for teachers on student…

Perspectives of increase of university education effectiveness: Use of private educational resources

Yulia Tyurina, Maria Troyanskaya

The purpose of this paper is to determine the perspectives of increase of effectiveness of university education, related to the use of private educational resources.

Exploring public universities as social enterprises

Morgan P. Miles, Martie-Louise Verreynne, Andrew McAuley, Kevin Hammond

The purpose of this paper is to explore how universities attempt to balance meeting their traditional mission of education, research and community engagement while remaining…