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Smrekar, Claire – National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University (NJ1), 2011
Against the backdrop of urban school politics, in which mayors play increasingly powerful and pivotal roles, the current study examines the origins and implications of mayoral control of charter school authorization and accountability in Indianapolis (see Henig & Rich, 2004; Wong & Shen, 2007). In contrast to analyses of mayoral takeovers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Stakeholders, Governance
Morrison, Geanie; Merrill, Denise – Trusteeship, 2009
The economic meltdown has hit U.S. college campuses, and higher education is on the chopping block in state budgets, with cuts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars already approved and hundreds of millions in more cuts on the way. As veteran legislators, the authors have seen this story play out before in previous recessions. The mindset on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Economic Climate, Educational Needs