We extend the traditional view of corporate boards as monitors to include a role for outside board members as suppliers of expertise or information. Indeed, both outsiders and insiders may have private information relevant to the decision. Because of the agency problem between managers and owners (who are assumed to be represented by the outside directors), neither party will communicate his or...

Between 1975 and 1997, school teacher bargaining was conducted under the School Boards and Teachers Collective Negotiations Act (Bill 100). By most accounts, the teacher bargaining law was successful in promoting bilateral settlements with minimal strike activity. Following its election in 1995, the Harris government reduced public expenditures and introduced educational reforms. In doing so, i...

The increased diversity and autonomy of schools calls for a more professional approach to school governance. In response, attention has been directed the structure boards in Netherlands. However, previous research indicates that effectiveness governance is not so much about as it behaviour. Conflict, particular, appears be an important underexposed factor effective behaviour boards. longitudina...

The architecture of Courland manor houses is rich in classical monuments. Many them form impressive building ensembles. use the buildings varies, historically – schools, parish boards, farm administrations, nowadays guesthouses, private properties and still schools. One such site Laidi, where existence a school problematic.

The Catholic school system in Ontario, Canada, is fully funded by the government. Recently, Ontario’s Ministry of Education mandated an induction year, the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP), for all new teachers. This legislation provides an opportunity for Catholic school boards to take the lead and shape creative and effective programs for new teacher induction. The mission of the Catholic...

It is generally agreed that boards are endogenously determined institutions that serve both an oversight and advisory role in a firm. While oversight role of boards has been extensively studied relatively few studies have examined the advisory role of corporate boards. In this study we examine the participation of “political” directors on the boards of natural gas companies between 1930 and 199...

Increasingly, a significant priority for the dean and faculty in schools of nursing is fundraising. Raising financial resources is highly competitive and requires sophisticated approaches to building relationships with individual donors, government agencies, private foundations, and corporations. Fundraising efforts need to be designed to cultivate alumni, parents, and friends as key leaders ed...

We use an original data base of state leadership to address the following question: Does continuity of state educational leaders promote state educational performance? To answer that question we analyze state performance since the early 1990s on the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading and math exams for 4th and 8th graders. We account for variation in those measures by examining...

The appearance of the interactive whiteboard in the Hungarian primary and secondary schools has got a new impetus in the last two years, due to The National Development Plan, whose aim was to install interactive boards in 42,000 classrooms by 2010. The appearance of the new device made teachers face new tasks concerning the use of the interactive whiteboard, and prompted them to form an all new...

Regarding the faults of Japanese compulsory enrollment system, premised on attendance at a specific school, forward-looking view must be taken guarantee opportunities for general education via non-physical (online attendance) in which physical is not default. At this time, municipal Boards Education are called to “promote diverse education” and “form public school networks,” while prefectures e...