ERIC Number: EJ1427587
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Jul
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
EISSN: EISSN-1552-3896
Conceptualizing State Re-Engagement with Public Higher Education
Barrett J. Taylor; Brendan Cantwell
Educational Policy, v38 n5 p1200-1228 2024
Three trends have characterized state policymaking for higher education in the 21st century: divestment, accountability, and race neutrality. These policy agendas are often justified as an attempt to optimize system efficiency and performance by making institutional actors (agents) responsive to the demands of state officials (principals). In this manuscript, we present quantitative evidence that these three policy initiatives have not achieved their stated purpose. We use contemporary social theory to explain why this is the case. Finally, we call for deeper re-engagement of states and their higher education systems in place of transactional and technocratic models.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Educational Trends, Policy Formation, State Policy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Investment, Accountability, Racial Factors, Educational Change, Graduation Rate, African American Students, White Students, Budgets
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Higher Education Opportunity Act 2008
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