Scholarly Work - Education
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The exporting and subcontracting decisions of Viet Nam's small- and medium-sized enterprises
(2018-05)The exporting and subcontracting decisions of a panel of Vietnamese private small- and medium-sized enterprises is investigated. We find that among subcontractors, subcontracting is a supplementary rather than primary ... -
Measuring work conditions for teachers of American Indian students
(2008)The purpose of this study was to re-validate the Quality of Teacher Work Life Survey (QTWLS) with a population of 404 teachers in Montana schools with predominant American Indian student enrollments; and to describe the ... -
Leadership, quality, and school improvement: A reflection
(2008-08)The author discussed the notion of leadership as instilling within individuals and infusing within a community the greater capacity for experiencing quality. The meaning of capacity and quality was deconstructed to provide ... -
Identity, heritage and achievement: Comparative case study of effective education in Indian country
(2014)A comparative case study design sought to determine how effective schools on Indian Reservations infuse local epistemologies into leadership practices. The converging themes fit a Social Identity Theory model. The leader ... -
Social justice leadership for American Indian sovereignty: A model for principal preparation
(2015-12)The Indian Leadership Education and Development project (ILEAD) at Little Bighorn Tribal College and Montana State University did not begin with an intentional focus on social justice; this article tracks the evolution of ... -
Redefining and decolonizing philanthropy in American Indian communities
(2016)This review article critically analyzed patterns of American Indian philanthropy that persist in Montana to determine the meaning of doing with people as opposed to doing to or doing for people. We contextualized successful ... -
Rural Educational Attainment: The Importance of Context
(2018-01)Understanding patterns of educational attainment among rural youth is a critical concern for our nation as we seek to make postsecondary access and attainment more equitable across our increasingly diverse student ... -
Coming out in STEM: Factors affecting retention of sexual minority STEM students
(2018-03)Using a national longitudinal survey data set from the Higher Education Research Institute, this study tested whether students who identified as a sexual minority (for example, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer) were more ... -
School librarians’ advocacy for the profession: Results of a U.S. national survey
(2011-07)As a result of eliminations in school librarian positions due to funding reductions in schools and school districts across the United States, library associations encourage school librarians to advocate for the profession. ... -
Library Advocacy Through Twitter: A Social Media Analysis of #savelibraries and #getESEAright
(2015-07)Advocacy groups of all types use social media to reach their constituents. However, are messages of library advocacy disseminated through social media reaching those who can become allies in the quest to save libraries? ... -
Using case studies to help faculty navigate difficult classroom moments
(2010-12)"Hot" or "difficult" classroom moments occur when a student's provocative comment elevates emotions in the classroom and creates an uncomfortable tension. Faculty typically feel unprepared to address these volatile moments, ... -
Leading by example: A case study of the influence of principal self-efficacy on collective efficacy
(2017-02)Self-efficacy is a perceived judgment that one has the ability to execute a course of action that brings about a desired result. Principal self-efficacy describes a set of beliefs that enable a principal to enact policies ... -
Resilience Of Grassroots Leaders Involved in LGBT Issues at a Catholic University
(2017-10)This case study examined the sources of resilience utilized by staff and faculty grassroots leaders at a Jesuit, Catholic university addressing the LGBT campus climate. Interviews with 31 grassroots leaders uncovered how ... -
"Managing by not managing": How gay engineering students manage sexual orientation identity
(2017-04)From a social constructivist paradigm I explored the experiences of 7 openly gay engineering students to understand how, if at all, they made sense of the intersections between their engineering and sexual orientation ... -
Leader Succession and Collective Efficacy: Conditions that Create Continuity in Transition
(2014)The purpose of this study was to understand whether or not changes in the collective efficacy of a school occurred with transition to new principal leadership. Teachers’ perceptions about collective efficacy changes as ... -
Principal Efficacy: Implications for Rural ‘Grow Your Own’ Leadership Programs
(2013-11)Although "grow your own" principal preparation programs have become a popular method for recruiting and selecting administrator candidates for hard to fill positions in both urban and rural schools, “grow your own” prinicpal ... -
Teachers and Data Literacy: A Blueprint for Professional Development to Foster Data Driven Decision Making
(2016-04)Standardized testing and the implementation of the Common Core State Standards has brought the importance of data literacy and data driven decision making (DDDM) to the forefront of district professional development needs. ... -
Exploring self-efficacy in education leadership programs: What makes the difference?
(2015-12)Despite attention given to principal preparation program reform, little research exists explaining how candidates develop self-efficacy or how preparation programs contribute to self-efficacy development. Researchers used ... -
Leading by example: A case study of the influence of principal self-efficacy on collective efficacy
(2017-02)Self-efficacy is a perceived judgment that one has the ability to execute a course of action that brings about a desired result. Principal self-efficacy describes a set of beliefs that enable a principal to enact policies ... -
Arizona’s reversal of fortune to no longer require educational spending to be tracked at the school level: A historical legislative analysis
(2010-03)Efforts to provide equitable and adequate resources to schools continue to be debated in state legislatures across the United States. In all cases, these conversations are significantly limited by the publicly available ...
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