A case study of the policy process in the Ivy League: The Ivy Matching Policy.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Shanahan, Alanna Wren, author.

Contributor:

Perna, Laura W., degree supervisor, committee member.

Hartley, J. Matthew, committee member.

DiStanislao, Mary, committee member.

University of Pennsylvania. Higher Education Administration.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Higher education administration.

Higher Education Administration--Penn dissertations.

Penn dissertations--Higher Education Administration.

Local Subjects:

Higher education administration.

Higher Education Administration--Penn dissertations.

Penn dissertations--Higher Education Administration.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (87 pages)

Contained In:

Dissertation Abstracts International 76-09A(E).

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania ; Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This study explores the policy development process in the Ivy League using the development of the Ivy League Matching Policy as the case. I utilized Punctuated Equilibrium Theory as the theoretical lens for understanding the process that led to the policy. Punctuated Equilibrium theory is an attempt to explain both stability and change in the policy process. The data come primarily from relevant documents and interviews. The study describes how the need for the policy unfolded and identifies key points in the policy process timeline. It also illustrates how internal constituencies influenced agenda setting, policy formation and policy adoption. The findings illustrate the utility of Punctuated Equilibrium Theory for understanding the forces that led to the creation of the Ivy Matching Policy, as the policy creation process reflected periods of both incremental and major policy change. Understanding the policy development process should be important to anyone looking to influence policy development. Policies exist in all athletic conferences, and the study of the development of policies utilizing Punctuated Equilibrium can be valuable in other conferences and policy arenas. Punctuated equilibrium provides a framework for analysis of potential instigating effects leading to policy change or creation such as crisis, executive change, executive appeals to broad-based constituencies, expansion of scope of policy conflict, power confrontations and disputes. The use of punctuated equilibrium theory in this study generates insights into how disputes and conflict affect policy development, how the strength of shared values in a prestigious membership organization affects outcomes and how attention is directed to the management of disenfranchised parties.

Notes:

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-09(E), Section: A.

Adviser: Laura W. Perna.

Department: Higher Education Administration.

Thesis Ed.D. University of Pennsylvania 2015.

Local Notes:

School code: 0175.

ISBN:

9781321762211

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.