This study investigated what were the most highly-valued reasons among Muslim caregivers for sending their children to Lebanese evangelical Christian schools. Muslim caregivers (N = 1,403) from four Lebanese evangelical Christian schools responded to determine what were the most…
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This is an area in the North Eastern Province where the government has invested little or nothing in terms of infrastructure. This area was closed to the rest of Kenya in the early 1960's and any one entering had to have "special permission." After a secessionist movement in 196…
The intent of this explanatory sequential mixed-method study is to examine Islamic teachers thoughts on improving critical thinking skills in elementary schools in the Southwestern province of Saudi Arabia. This study involves the collection of quantitative data and an explanati…
During the last 35 years, Morocco has attempted to improve its higher education system. Unfortunately, these reform attempts did not yield desired outcomes. Therefore, the late king, Hassan II, mandated a reform of the whole educational system. The recommendations of the ad-hoc …
Since their conceptualizations by Bums (1978), transactional and transformational leadership have been extensively researched in adult contexts. However, there has been very little research on these theories in adolescent contexts. van Linden and Fertman (1998) suggested that ma…
The study reviews the history of education in Francophone West Africa from the post-colonial era to the current period. It gives primary attention to the conflicting goals of formal and Islamic education, the place of nonformal education during colonial period and looks at the a…
Character education includes morals, virtues, values, and ethics. Certain moral truths remain constant across civilizations, but the influence of the culture is a point of contention. It is this source of cultural influence on morals, virtues, values, and ethics that allows for …
This study focuses on describing the role and beliefs of leaders of higher education in Afghanistan and evaluating the critical issues and challenges facing these leaders as they work toward rebuilding the higher education system after 2 decades of war and civil unrest. The extr…
The demographic changes taking place in American society are having an impact on American higher education. Research on multicultural and minority education by Banks (1997), Grant (1992), Ogbu and Gibson (1991), Welch (1992), and Levey (1998) are examples of the proliferation of…
Long deprived of consequential participation in socioeconomic exchanges outside the home, Filipino Muslim women are now breaking out of their traditional mold. Increasingly, they are acquiring higher education and are assuming vocational and leadership roles which, in years past…
This qualitative study investigated the socialization experiences of visiting Middle Eastern graduate students on U.S. campuses since September 11, 2001 and the subsequent war with Iraq. As visa regulations tightened and monitoring of international students from Middle Eastern c…
This study employed a quantitative research design using a mail survey to explore leadership style in Islamic schools in the United States. The purpose of the study was to describe levels of transformational and transactional leadership of American Muslim principals. Correlation…
Islamic schools in the United States have been criticized by some American media outlets for teaching religious intolerance and promoting hatred in the minds of their students. It has been alleged that their programs do not fully embrace the ideals of citizenship, pluralism, and…
1. Introduction: Governing Chains - Support, Control and Intervention for Local Schools -- Part I: The Nordic Countries -- 2. Denmark: Contracts in Danish Educational Governance -- 3. Finland: Changing Operational Environment Changing Finnish Educational Governance,- 4. Iceland:…