State postsecondary education research : new methods to inform policy and practice /

Other Authors: Shaw, Kathleen M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Stylus higher education policy series
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=192975
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the challenges of comparative state-level higher education policy research / Donald E. Heller
  • 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
  • Incorporating political indicators into comparative-state study of higher education policy / Michael K. McLendon and James C. Hearn
  • 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.