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Successful school principals in Australia and the US: Findings from an international study

Educational Leadership: Global Contexts and International Comparisons

ISBN: 978-1-84950-645-8, eISBN: 978-1-84950-646-5

Publication date: 7 December 2009

Abstract

Populations in the United States and Australia are also becoming increasingly culturally diverse. In the United States, for example, it is projected that between 1990 and 2050, the percentage of the US population of Hispanic origin will be almost triple, growing from 9% to 25% (making them the largest minority group by far) and the percentage Asian population will be more than double, growing from 3% to 8%. During the same period, the percentage of Black population will remain relatively stable increasing only slightly from 12% to 14%; while the percentage of White population will decline sharply from 76% to 53%. Australia has a long history of skill- and humanitarian-based migration policy. This has resulted in a culturally diverse society, especially in parts of the capital cities of the states and territories. This emphasis looks likely to continue in the future, and will continue to change the Australian society as the humanitarian needs change across the world.

Citation

Ylimaki, R.M., Gurr, D., Drysdale, L. and Bennett, J.V. (2009), "Successful school principals in Australia and the US: Findings from an international study", Wiseman, A.W. (Ed.) Educational Leadership: Global Contexts and International Comparisons (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 11), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 273-301. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3679(2009)0000011012

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