Public policy and higher education : strategies for framing a research agenda / Nicholas W. Hillman, David A. Tandberg, Brian A. Sponsler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillman, Nicholas W., author.

Tandberg, David A., author.

Sponsler, Brian A., author.

Series:

ASHE higher education report ; Volume 41, Number 2.

J-B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE) ; Volume 41, Number 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Research.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (115 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the 2nd issue of the 41st volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey. Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.

Contents:

Public Policy and Higher Education: Strategies for Framing a Research Agenda; Contents; Executive Summary; Can Research Be Useful in Public Policymaking?; How Can Research Be More Policy Relevant?; Foreword; Introduction; Goals of This Monograph; What Is Public Policy?; Theories of the Policymaking Process; Agenda Setting; Formulation; Adoption; Implementation; Evaluation; Traditional Views of Policy-Relevant Research; A Brief Example; Toward an Expanded View of Policy-Relevant Research; Summary; Sources of Higher Education Policy; State Policy Actors in the Postsecondary Context; Governors

State LegislaturesState Higher Education Executive Officers; State Higher Education Governance Structures; Federal Policy Actors in the Postsecondary Policy Context; The President and Executive Offices; Federal Administrative Agencies; Legislative Branch: Congress; The Judiciary; Summary; Supplying Policy-Relevant Research; Problem Identification; Research Design; Policy Implications; Dissemination of Results; Utilization of Results; Summary; Bearing More Fruit? The Prospects of Conducting Policy-Relevant Research; The Limitations of "Using" Academic Research in Policymaking

Does the Use of Research Lead to Better Policymaking?Narrowing the Gap: Framing Studies in Their Appropriate Policy Context; Policy Adoption Studies; Policy Formulation/Design Studies; Policy Evaluation Studies; Summary; Summary and Reflections; Trends in Policy Scholarship in Higher Education; Can Higher Education Research Be More Policy Relevant?; Final Reflections; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Authors; About the ASHE Higher Education Report Series; Call for Proposals; Order Form; EULA

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 04, 2015).

ISBN:

1-119-06771-5

1-119-06770-7

OCLC:

904046299