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Comparing theories of the policy process and state tuition policy : critical theory, institutional rational choice, and advocacy coalitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation triangulates four theories of the policy process to explain state-level tuition policy change. Very little policy research examines theories of the policy process in concert. Moreover, the field of higher education policy studies...
The rhetoric of the uninsured : claimsmaking in public policy research
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Public policy research is often seen as another arena applicable to the objective lens of science, as policy makers "the best evidence," or scientific facts, about a social problem to determine which solutions are most warranted. Hundreds...
Beyond money : relating local school taxation to family and community risk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
and the state's local revenue requirements are crucially important to the success of achieving equitable and adequate fund distribution and merit further research and policy recommendations....
Missouri higher education reform : moving up on the public policy agenda
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
within a relatively brief period of time in one state -- Missouri -- and led to the adoption of a sweeping omnibus bill for higher education. The study also evaluates the perceptions of 22 key participants in the public policy process, including state...
The family farm in the post-World War II era : industrialization, the cold war and political symbol
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
in the Soviet Union. Under such conditions, tensions arose within farm policy between the older values and new concerns for the continuation of the family farm. These tensions often resulted in jumbled and contradictory federal farm policy that failed to stem...
Examining the provision of child care subsidies across Missouri counties : the relationship between local dynamics and CCDF subsidy supply
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Previous research on child care subsidies and welfare programs has largely focused on examining individual characteristics associated with program participation, the role...
Competitive development: economic development and the inquiry into power relations in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Economic development policy is an important topic for legislatures across the country. The contemporary trend of economic development policy has spread throughout the country in response to the political and economic changes of the last 30 years. A...
Institutional influences affecting the college-going decisions of low-income mothers attending a rural midwestern community college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
certain government and institutional policies to facilitate their attendance at a rural community college in a Midwestern state, and how these policies shaped the women's choices about college attendance. More specifically, I wanted to understand how...
Analysis of alternative care placement changes as provided by case managers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
reported whether each placement move was in the child's written case plan for permanency and if the move was in the child's best interest. Primary placement changes that occurred for system or policy related reasons made up 38.7% of all moves. Foster...
A quantitative and qualitative inquiry into classroom incivility in higher education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this mixed method design study was to add to the body of knowledge about classroom incivility in higher education by examining perceptions of both undergraduate university students and faculty by comparing ...
A case study of the retirement portability for Missouri educators identifying and assessing the driving and restraining forces for policy change
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The study was conducted to identify the policy factors that are driving selected public employment retirement systems to increase portability options for Missouri educators...
American exceptionalism, missionary politics, and the religious impulse in contemporary foreign policy attitudes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation offers an examination of the effects of religion and its attendant moral politics on attitudes towards foreign policy issues. America's religious tradition...
Exploratory study of victim advocacy practices, strategies, resistance and relationships among crime victim service agencies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
standards, increased communication among agencies and implications for policy and future research....
Transformational leadership and its correlation to the effective placement of completers of area career centers in the State of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The purpose of this research was to determine if there was a correlation between the leadership style of the director of area career centers in the state of Missouri and the placement of career education completers. The survey instrument...
The (in)visibility of race, class, and gender : workers' standpoints on the transformation of Missouri's child welfare policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation is an institutional ethnography of changes in Missouri's child welfare system after House Bill 1453. I demonstrate how child welfare policy is gendered, raced, and classed by examining practices, texts, and discourses in child...
Great games redux: energy security and the emergence of tripolarity in Eurasia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Securing energy resources has become a key aspect of foreign policy-making since the 1970s. States have used military and economic foreign policy tools to secure the supply of energy to their domestic markets. With the fall of the USSR in 1991...
Games leaders play : renegade regimes and international crises
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
code analysis, a research program on foreign policy behavior based on cognitive psychology, to capture the political elites' perceptions regarding the international system. I use large-group identity framework developed by Vamik Volkan and the logic...
Missouri kindergarten teachers' perceptions of early childhood experiences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
. The research questions investigated what early childhood setting kindergarten teachers perceive to be the most beneficial in preparing students for kindergarten in the area of enthusiasm towards learning, academic skills, and social skills. The research...
International and citizen faculty in the United States : an examination of their productivity and job satisfaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
, a more inclusive and supportive policy environment is needed to recognize the academic advantages and contributions of international faculty members in all functions of their work and not just in research. Second, higher education institutions need...
Desperately seeking mentors: the impact of department-level and gender related characteristics on mentoring in graduate department of sociology
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
of these relationships, an overview of policy implications, and suggestions for future research....