dc.contributor.advisor | Donaldson, Joseph Fetzer | eng |
dc.contributor.author | Russell, David Randall, 1947- | eng |
dc.coverage.spatial | Missouri | eng |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | eng |
dc.date.submitted | 2008 Fall | eng |
dc.description | Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on November 23, 2010). | eng |
dc.description | The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. | eng |
dc.description | Dissertation advisor: Dr. Joe Donaldson. | eng |
dc.description | Vita. | eng |
dc.description | Ph. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2008. | eng |
dc.description.abstract | [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study identifies and examines 14 contributing factors that, taken together, caused reform of public higher education governance to move up on the public policy agenda 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 elected officials, leaders in state level higher education governance, and leaders of public universities, with respect to the need for reform of Missouri's public higher education. The qualitative method chosen for this study was the descriptive case study. Data were derived from semi-structured interviews, direct and participant observation, archival records and documents, and physical artifacts. The researcher considers the findings against the backdrop of the three process streams that flow through a policy making system, as described by John Kingdon's (1995) theory of agenda setting: Problem recognition, generation of policy proposals and political events. The study concludes by identifying six guidelines that can be used as a blueprint for action by aspiring agenda setters and policy entrepreneurs. | eng |
dc.description.bibref | Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285). | eng |
dc.format.extent | 287 pages | eng |
dc.identifier.oclc | 689996928 | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/9190 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/9190 | eng |
dc.language | English | eng |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity | University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations | eng |
dc.rights | Access is limited to the campuses of the University of Missouri. | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Educational change -- Government policy | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Higher education and state | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | College administrators -- Attitudes | eng |
dc.subject.lcsh | Legislators -- Attitudes | eng |
dc.title | Missouri higher education reform : moving up on the public policy agenda | eng |
dc.type | Thesis | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Educational leadership and policy analysis (MU) | eng |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Columbia | eng |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | eng |
thesis.degree.name | Ph. D. | eng |