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Beyond a number game: Flat team structures improve inclusion and performance in diverse scientific teams

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The promises and perils about scientific team diversity are still debated in the scholarly literature, partly because the importance of underrepresented groups is not fully recognized or valued. In this paper, we summarize two perspectives on team diversity in science: horizontal differences and vertical disparity. Horizontal differences refer
Huimin Xu, Shujing Sun, Meijun Liu, Chenwei Zhang, Yi Bu, Yi Zhang, Daniel E. Acuna, Eric Meyer, Ying Ding   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Too Cool for School? The Relationship between Coolness and Academic Reputation in Early Adolescence [PDF]

, 2015
The relationship between peer‐nominated coolness and academic reputation was examined at two time points spanning the first year of middle school (N = 807; 52 percent female; 52 percent African‐American; 48 percent European American).
Ryan, Allison, Jamison, Rhonda S., Wilson, Travis, Ryan, Allison M.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Understanding international students' agency in developing employability: Case study of a post‐1992 university in the United Kingdom

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Employability remains a critical issue for international students in the United Kingdom. This study adopts the Employability Agency Framework proposed by Pham et al. to explore how a group of international students actively exercised their agency to enhance their employability during their Master's studies in the United Kingdom.
Hoang Nguyen, Ming Cheng
wiley   +1 more source

Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis, Ciro Cangiano, Alessandro Lovari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethical Leadership in Higher Education: Navigating the Dilemma of Academic Freedom vs. Institutional Reputation

Journal of Leadership in Organizations
Introduction/Main Objectives: This study examines the impact of ethical decision-making by university leadership on academic freedom and institutional integrity in two Zimbabwean universities.
Promise Zvavahera, Paul Svongoro
doaj   +1 more source

Learning Disabilities and Low Social Status: The Role of Peer Academic Reputation and Peer Reputation of Teacher Liking [PDF]

, 2017
Although many studies have found that children with learning disabilities (LD) are less liked by peers than children without LD, the results are not unequivocal.
van der Sande, Lisa, Tim Mainhard, Hendrickx, Marloes M. H. G., Leerstoel van Gog, Marloes M. H. G. Hendrickx, Education and Learning: Development in Interaction, Lisa van der Sande, Hendrickx, Marloes M H G, Boor-Klip, Henrike J., Mainhard, Tim, Henrike J. Boor-Klip   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Is core vocabulary a friend or foe of academic writing? Single-word vs multi-word uses of THING

, 2021
Core vocabulary items (e.g. thing, way) are often viewed as the enemy of effective academic writing, and style guides and textbooks often advise against using them.
Larsson, Tove, Larsson, Tove,, Granger, Sylviane   +2 more
core   +1 more source

‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Academic misconduct appeal services in China: Platform logics, self‐platformization and implications for integrity education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Academic misconduct appeal services have quietly emerged within China's education marketplace, with commercial agencies promoting themselves on social media to assist international students facing misconduct hearings. While existing research on academic integrity has emphasized prevention and detection, far less attention has been paid to what
Gengyan Tang, Sarah Elaine Eaton, Wei Cai   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source