Editorial: Navigating uncharted territory: understanding how leaders of minority serving institutions have guided their institutions through the COVID-19 pandemic

How External Institutions Penetrate Schools Through Formal and Informal Leaders

Purposes: This study investigates the role of formal and informal leaders in the diffusion of external reforms into schools and to teachers’ practices. Formal leaders are designated by their roles in the formal organization of the school (e.g., principals, department chairs, and instructional coaches) and informal leaders refer to those who do not have any formal leadership roles but are nomina...

19 Healing Sick Institutions

How to Minimize the Impact of Pandemic Events: Lessons From the COVID-19 Crisis

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the current pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This pandemic is characterized by a high variability in death rate (defined as the ratio between the number of deaths and the total number of infected people) across world countries. Several possible explanations have been proposed, but it is not clear whe...

Partnered Research Experiences for Junior Faculty at Minority-Serving Institutions Enhance Professional Success

Scientific workforce diversity is critical to ensuring the realization of our national research goals and minority-serving institutions play a vital role in preparing undergraduate students for science careers. This paper summarizes the outcomes of supporting career training and research practices by faculty from teaching-intensive, minority-serving institutions. Support of these faculty member...

"Our educational institutions have failed ..."

Neben den Hochschulen, als klassische Ausbildungsstätten für Informatiker mit jeweils unterschiedlicher Ausrichtung, sind eine große Zahl von kommerziellen Trainingsanbietern vorhanden. Meist werden in Weiterbildungskursen spezielle Themen aus dem IT-Bereich angeboten. Eine Tendenz ist derzeit zu erkennen, auch Grundlagenwissen in Kursen zu vermitteln. Ein dreistufiges Qualifizierungsprogramm i...