State postsecondary education research : new methods to inform policy and practice / edited by Kathleen M. Shaw and Donald E. Heller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shaw, Kathleen M.

Heller, Donald E.

Series:

Stylus higher education policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Higher education and state--United States.

Higher education and state.

Higher education and state--Research.

United States.

Higher education and state--Research--United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 144 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2007.

Summary:

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 researchers in higher education. This book provides an in-depth examination of the challenges and opportunities inherent in conducting cross-state higher education policy research. The authors of each chapter use their individual research projects to demonstrate the array of methodological, theoretical, analytical, and political challenges inherent in conducting comparative state-level policy research. The book is intended as a resource for researchers in higher education policy and as a text for higher education policy courses. It may also appeal to scholars of educational policy as well as higher education policymakers.

Contents:

Introduction : the challenges of comparative state-level higher education policy research / Donald E. Heller

Incorporating political indicators into comparative state study of higher education policy / Michael K. McLendon and James C. Hearn

Can access to community colleges for low-income adults be improved? : testing a model of the policy change process across six diverse states / Kathleen M. Shaw and Thomas Bailey

The role of higher education in state budgets / Jennifer A. Delaney and William R. Doyle

Tracking how ideas become higher education policy and practice : the challenges of gathering comparative state policy implementation data / Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kathleen M. Shaw

Challenges to designing cross-state measures of state resources for higher education / William R. Doyle

Developing public agendas for higher education : lessons for comparative higher education state policy / Karen Paulson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1579222110

9781579222116

OCLC:

70887191