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Clendennen, Stephanie L.; Rangwala, Shazia; Sumbe, Aslesha; Case, Kathleen R.; Wilkinson, Anna V.; Loukas, Alexandra; Harrell, Melissa B. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To investigate the contexts in which college students use e-cigarettes and marijuana, perceptions about the benefits and harms, and health effects of use. Participants: College student e-cigarette and marijuana ever users (n = 20; 18-21 years old) from the Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance System (TATAMS). Methods:…
Descriptors: College Students, Smoking, Marijuana, Student Attitudes
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Rustad Bjerke, Victoria Helen – Learning Organization, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify contextual antecedents for team learning in professional service firms. Design/methodology/approach: Structural equation modelling was applied to establish reliability and validity and to measure the size of relationships. Evidence was drawn from an empirical sample of 210 consultants in the Nordic…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Professional Services, Teamwork, Context Effect
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Jabbar, Huriya; Creed, Benjamin – Peabody Journal of Education, 2020
A key goal of school choice policies is to generate competition between schools, which should theoretically drive school leaders to improve their programs to attract and retain students. However, few studies examine how principals actually perceive and define competition. This article empirically examines school leaders' conceptions of competition…
Descriptors: Competition, Charter Schools, Principals, Program Improvement
Mittelman, James H. – Princeton University Press, 2017
Universities have become major actors on the global stage. Yet, as they strive to be "world-class," institutions of higher education are shifting away from their core missions of cultivating democratic citizenship, fostering critical thinking, and safeguarding academic freedom. In the contest to raise their national and global profiles,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, Educational Quality, Competition
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Azzam, Ziad – Journal of Research in International Education, 2017
90% of the Dubai's K-12 educational provision is in the hands of the private sector, with the majority of schools operating on a for-profit basis. Demand for private schooling is unabated. In its attempt to strike a balance between consumer protection and continuing to attract private investment to address the shortage of school places, Dubai's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Supply and Demand
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de Haan, Haijing Helen – International Journal of Educational Management, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to critically investigate the discourse on "competitive advantage", a concept that has been widely applied in the public higher education sector, but rarely defined and conceptualised. Design/methodology/approach: In order to get some insightful understanding about how "competitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Competition