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Author Hillman, Nicholas W., author.

Title Public policy and higher education : strategies for framing a research agenda / Nicholas W. Hillman, David A. Tandberg, Brian A. Sponsler
Published San Francisco, California : Wiley Periodicals, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource
Series ASHE higher education report, 1551-6970 ; volume 41, number 2
ASHE higher education report ; v. 41, no. 2.
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO; viewed on March 2, 2015)
Subject Education, Higher -- Research.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Education, Higher -- Research
Form Electronic book
Author Tandberg, David A., author.
Sponsler, Brian A., author.
ISBN 9781119067702
1119067707
9781119067719
1119067715