A Mission-Based Argument for Private K-12 Student Press

Although the First Amendment does not guarantee student press within public schools, it does help affirm the value of such opportunities to student communities. Private schools do not enjoy such constitutional support, but may have a more powerful tool closer to home: their own school mission statements. This study coded nearly 500 private K-12 school mission statements to determine whether the priorities identified by these programs align with the documented benefits of student journalism and found a strong connection between both.

Race for Social Justice in Higher Education

In the last decade, there has been a greater focus on social justice concerns in United States. These concerns include addressing situations of racism, microaggressions, and racial injustices. As a result of these concerns, the need for social justice has become more apparent for institutions of higher education to adjust and rethink how they become more inclusive and provide more equitable opportunities for all stakeholders. Institutions of higher education are being pushed into unfamiliar territory, and the role of academics and high education institutions will need to be redefined in a new model of true systematic change and policy overhaul. How do institutions of higher education (colleges and universities) become more accountable in reshaping their purpose and mission statements through the lens of social justice and inclusivity? This chapter will generate insights and illuminate ongoing institutional conversations regarding the successful adoption of social justice frameworks and practices in the foundations of higher education.

Planning for HEI Excellence

In this chapter, the mission statement is conceptualized as mission, vision, and value statements. These statements are the building blocks and reflect the ultimate distillation of strategic activity. This chapter explains the role of vision, mission, and value statements in planning for organizational excellence. The chapter outlines the quality management system, the importance of defining an effective mission statement, the key requirements for a compelling mission statement, and the reasons why mission statements fail. The chapter concludes with a strong affirmation on the need to develop a precise and comprehensive mission statement and align all business processes to achieve the mission statement.

Nonprofit Role Classification Using Mission Descriptions and Supervised Machine Learning

Scholars have used both quantitative and qualitative approaches to empirically study nonprofit roles. Mission statements and program descriptions often reflect such roles, however, until recently collecting and classifying a large sample has been labor-intensive. This research note uses data on United Ways that e-filed their 990 forms and supervised machine learning to illustrate an approach for classifying a large set of mission descriptions by roles. Temporal and geographic variation in roles detected in mission statements suggests that such an approach may be fruitful in future research.

International education governance in the francophone microcosm

International cooperation is high on the agenda of policy makers in times of globalisation and shared challenges such as climate change, poverty, equity or digitalisation. The present paper investigates strategies and actors involved in international cooperation policy in the field of vocational education and training within the francophone area. Using a discursive institutionalism approach as an analysis frame, the article traces and identifies the development of ideas and discourses. It also examines the changes and tensions in the French public institutional set-up in that specific policy field. The analysis builds on analysis of policy documents, mission statements of actors involved (ministries, public and private actors, non-for-profit organisations, international and European actors).

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP SYSTEM OF PONDOK PESANTREN IN JAMBI CITY

The problems faced in Islamic boarding schools, transformative leadership patterns are one of the choices for Islamic boarding school leaders to lead and develop quality Islamic boarding schools. Transformative leadership has an emphasis on clear vision and mission statements, effective use of communication, intellectual stimulation, and personal attention to individual problems of members of the organization. The strategy carried out by Pondok Pesantren Sa'adatuddaren Jambi is the ability to set the direction that is the goal, define and implement a strategic plan to achieve the goal or mission, build a vision, build a common vision, translate the vision and mission into action, develop commitment to work performance, and implement the strategy in institutional operations. The research methodology used in this paper is descriptive qualitative, with data collection techniques using interviews, observation and documentation. Technique of data validity with data triangulation. Data analysis using Miles and Huberman.

Differences in Readability, Keywords, and Orientation of Mission Statements of the Top 100 Korean and Top 100 US Traditional and Innovative Companies

The mission statements of companies reflect the characteristics of their country. There are differences in the content of mission statements between traditional and innovative companies. The sustainable growth of companies has recently become a major focus, and it has been found that mission statements are somewhat related to company innovation. This study analyzed the differences in the readability, keywords, and orientation of mission statements between the top 100 Korean and top 100 US companies by market capitalization and their traditionality and innovativeness. Differences in readability were assessed with the Gunning fog index. Differences in the main keywords were assessed with a keyword network analysis. Differences in orientation were assessed with the nine components of a mission statement. As Korean companies were aiming for global business, there was not much difference in the readability of mission statements between Korean and US companies, but there was a difference between traditional and innovative companies in both countries. There was a difference in the keywords and orientation of the mission statements of Korean and US innovative companies. Both Korean and US innovative companies focused highly on “philosophy.” However, Korean innovative companies focused more on “self-concept,” and US innovative companies focused more on a “concern for survival.”