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Creating, Passing, and Protecting a Racially Equitable Higher Education Social Policy Program: A Critical Historical Case Study of a State's Policymaking Process and Its Participants
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Zita Dixon – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation examines a social policy exemplar case in New York State's education policy history, the legislation that established the NY State Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) program. This presently upheld state legislation passed in July 1966 to increase college access, retention, and degree attainment of students of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, State Policy
Building Adaptive Capacity of Pathways in Technology Early College High School Stakeholders: A Multiple-Case Study on the Influence of Performance, Leadership, and Organizational Learning
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Michaud-Wells, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions and beliefs of Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) leaders and stakeholders regarding the personal and professional experiences that contributed to the development of adaptive capacity. This embedded multiple-case study was anchored by the interrelated…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Stakeholders
Gubernatorial Authority and Influence on Public Higher Education
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Christakis, Michael N. – Review of Higher Education, 2009
State governors have the potential to impact their states' public higher education systems in a variety of very significant ways. The findings for the 33 governors included in this study suggest a great deal of variation in the extent of their authority and influence. Governors' composite ratings of formal authority and informal influence are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Education, State Officials, Influences
Cost Experts Discuss Colleges' Responsibilities during Hard Times
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Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Cornell University professors, trustees, and alumni recently convened to consider whether rising costs threaten the notion that higher education can help anyone in America succeed. The exclusive Cornell Club may have seemed a venue at odds with the sober tone of the discussion. According to economics professor and higher education expert Ronald G.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Brainstorming, Institutional Survival, Institutional Mission
A Social Dynamics Analysis of the Problems Raised in the Development of a Community Network: A Case Study of A-Net
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Shin, Dong Hee – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2007
Introduction: This study investigates the processes involved in the development of a broadband community network in the Northeast USA. A community network project was studied by tracing the developmental processes from network design to the stabilisation of information infrastructure. Method: A case study was conducted on the broadband community…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Computer Networks
New York State Tech-Prep: Results of a State-Wide Evaluation.
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Newman, Dianna; Brown, Adam; Newcomer, Laurie; Campbell, Kim; Miwa, Keiko – 1997
New York State Tech-Prep is a joint-secondary-higher-education program with the objective of providing students with rigorous technical and academic skills. Currently 30 Tech-Prep consortia operate across the state. In 1996, the state commissioned an evaluation of its Tech-Prep programs. This report summarizes information from the first study that…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College School Cooperation, Curriculum, Financial Support