State Postsecondary Education Research New Methods to Inform Policy and Practice

Name: State Postsecondary Education Research New Methods to Inform Policy and Practice
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ISBN: 9781579222116

ISBN-10: 1579222110

ISBN-13: 9781579222116

Edition: 2007

Authors: Donald E. Heller, Kathleen M. Shaw, Mary F. Howard-Hamilton, Susan D. Johnson, Carla L. Morelon-Quainoo

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This is an opportune time for researchers in higher education to examine policy via cross-state comparative analyses. Momentous court, legislative and policy developments that impact state-level higher education policy are emerging at a rapid rate. The states have emerged as postsecondary policy innovators in the areas of student financing, institutional accountability, and student access. Following political scientists' "rediscovery" of states as units of analysis--because they constitute unique "natural laboratories" for testing theory and hypotheses about political behavior and policy adoption dynamics--this book introduces this perspective as an increasingly important tool for…

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List price: $42.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction: The Challenges of Comparative State-Level Higher Education Policy Research




Incorporating Political Indicators Into Comparative State Study of Higher Education Policy




Can Access to Community Colleges for Low-Income Adults Be Improved?: Testing a Model of the Policy Change Process Across Six Diverse States




The Role of Higher Education in State Budgets




Tracking How Ideas Become Higher Education Policy and Practice: The Challenges of Gathering Comparative State Policy Implementation Data




Challenges to Designing Cross-State Measures of State Resources for Higher Education




Developing Public Agendas for Higher Education: Lessons for Comparative Higher Education State Policy



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