For schools to succeed with students who historically have never graduated from high school, teachers will be instructional leaders. The purposes of this qualitative case study were to: (a) assess the instructional leadership of two teachers as collegial group facilitators, and (b) examine teacher mediation e!ects upon this leadership. Jessie, framing her leadership in guiding and supporting te...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study's purpose was to understand factors related to scholarly project publication among fellowship graduates and to explore the role of collegial relationships and institutional characteristics on ever having published and number of publications. METHODS We surveyed 5 years of graduates (2000-2004) from the Michigan State University Faculty Development Fellowsh...

The decision to limit or withdraw life-support treatment is an integral part of the job of a physician working in the intensive care unit, and of the approach to care. However, this decision is influenced by a number of factors. It is widely accepted that a medical decision that will ultimate lead to end-of-life in the intensive care unit (ICU) must be shared between all those involved in the c...

It is a given that Africa is at present embroiled in leadership throes. This leadership dilemma casts a long shadow of disempowerment on the continent to develop politically as well as limits the continent to effectively co-create value and wealth. This is inextricably linked to the continent’s political leadership that is ad nauseam exclusive of the people. This is therefore a colossal impedim...

In this paper, the author presents teaching philosophies that he has been upholding throughout more than 17 years of experience in engineering education. Being an academic tertiary institutions, proposes to place emphasis education knowledge, constant enhancement personal knowledge via life-long learning, and expansion existing knowledge. He also advocates implementation principle parsimony edu...