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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Intro -- THE SCIENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: State Higher Education Policy and the Laws of Scale -- COPYRIGHT © 2021 BY STYLUS PUBLISHING, LLC -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS FOR A SCIENCE OF HIGHER EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 1: COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND STATE HIGHER EDUCATION -- CHAPTER 2: A NEW PARADIGM -- CHAPTER 3: ACTOR INTERACTIONS: Nature and Context -- PART TWO: SCALE PATTERNS -- CHAPTER 4: LESSONS FROM LIFE SCIENCES AND CITIES -- CHAPTER 5: SCALE AND STATE HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING -- CHAPTER 6: SCALE AND STATE POLICY |
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CHAPTER 7: HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLY -- PART THREE: OUTCOMES AND RETURN ON INVESTMENT -- CHAPTER 8: HIGHER EDUCATION OUTCOMES -- CHAPTER 9: RETURN ON INVESTMENT: Funding and Outcomes -- CHAPTER 10: POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- APPENDIX A: Glossary of Terms -- APPENDIX B: 2015 All State Data (Original Units) -- APPENDIX C: Logarithmic Regression Results (Predictions) -- APPENDIX D: Population:Funding Scale Results -- APPENDIX E: Population:Enrollment Scale Results -- APPENDIX F: Population:Completion Scale Results -- APPENDIX G: Population:Institutions (Supply) Scale Results |
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APPENDIX H: Funding:Enrollment Scale Results -- APPENDIX I: Funding:Completion Scale Results -- APPENDIX J: Statistical Results: All Scale Analysis -- APPENDIX K: Linear and Scale Ranking Comparisons -- APPENDIX L: Exponents, Logarithms, and Scale Review -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX |
| Summary |
First published in 1988, this book focuses on diversity and discourse, and collects contemporaneous research across a wide range of topics including: description, polemic, narrative analysis, DJ talk, philosophical history, conversation, children's books and nuclear deterrence. The essays demonstrate analyses of discourse in the service of stylistic inquiry, exploring relationships of text and context. This reflects the overall argument that discourse analyses aiming to represent diversity of social context will necessarily approach the task selectively, since all dimensions are of potential relevance to any and every communicative manifestation. Some of contextual dimensions that are addressed include: interpersonal, socio-structural, modal, ideological, and pragmatic |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Higher education and state -- United States -- States
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Education, Higher -- United States -- States -- Finance
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Finance
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Education, Higher -- U.S. states -- Finance
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Higher education and state -- U.S. states
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Universities and colleges -- Finance
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thomas, Scott L
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| ISBN |
1642670901 |
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9781642670905 |
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9781642670899 |
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1642670898 |
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