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Reed, Sarah J.; Miller, Robin Lin; Francisco, Vincent T. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Community coalition action theory (CCAT) depicts the processes and factors that affect coalition formation, maintenance, institutionalization, actions, and outcomes. CCAT proposes that community context affects coalitions at every phase of development and operation. We analyzed data from 12 "Connect to Protect" coalitions using inductive…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Content Analysis, Economic Factors, Political Influences
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Desrochers, Lindsay A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
The project of building the tenth University of California (UC) campus--UC Merced--was a lightning rod for all the various pushes and pulls in California society between 1983 and 2005. In fact, the author suggests, the project provides a clear window into California during this period. In this chapter, she describes the political and economic…
Descriptors: History, Universities, Educational Facilities Planning, Construction Programs
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Cornbleth, Catherine; Waugh, Dexter – Educational Researcher, 1993
Illustrates the importance of studying educational policy in the making with instances of multicultural history-social studies curriculum policymaking in California and New York in the context of movements for national standards and assessments and possibly a national curriculum. Attempts by neo-nativists to influence policymaking are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Assessment