Setting the Governmental Agenda for State Decentralization of Higher Education

McLendon, Michael K.

doi:10.1080/00221546.2003.11778887

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“…Furthermore, the differences in the theoretical questions, methodological approaches, and empirical contexts limit our ability to identify any underlying patterns of agenda setting within or across the states revealed by MSM. Additionally, several of the MSM-based studies found governors acting as policy entrepreneurs in at least one of the MSM streams (Edlefson, 1993;Elrod, 1994;Lieberman, 2002;McLendon, 2003, Stout & Stevens, 2000. Yet no study systematically addressed the specific activities of the governors within the streams, forgoing a unique opportunity to understand the influence state governors wield over the agenda-setting process.…”

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“…These scholars use Kingdon's approach to explain state-level educational policy process for a wide range of issues as well as several policy contexts, such as state decentralization of higher education (McLendon, 2003), teacher tenure in Colorado (Elrod, 1994), diversity in Minnesota (Stout & Stevens, 2000), gifted education in New Mexico (Holderness, 1992), and school reforms in Chicago (Lieberman, 2002) and Ohio (Edlefson, 1993). The application of MSM to state educational policy domains has led scholars to recommend modifications to account for the unique characteristics of state educational policymaking: the presence of a state department of education that can dominate an educational policy community (Holderness,1992); contextual conditions arising in the state government, in the policy domain, and for any particular issue (McClendon, 2003); and the role the media plays in policymaking, the competition between issues, and the opening of policy windows for policies that develop over a long term (Stout & Stevens, 2000).…”

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Understanding Agenda Setting in State Educational Policy: An Application of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Model to the Formation of State Reading Policy

Young

Shepley²,

Song³

2010

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Drawing on interview data from reading policy actors in California, Michigan, and Texas, this study applied Kingdon's (1984Kingdon's ( , 1995 multiple streams model to explain how the issue of reading became prominent on the agenda of state governments during the latter half of the 1990s. A combination of factors influenced the status of a state's reading policy agenda, including feedback from parents, teachers, and business groups; student achievement data; political pressure from the state administration; regional and national interest; a pervasive belief that reading is a building block for student success; and a widespread perception that the decline in reading achievement was symbolic of the failure of public schools. In addition, governors promoted reading to high agenda prominence by influencing which issues were placed on the decision agenda (agenda setting) and which alternatives were given serious attention (alternative specification). Finally, the findings 1 Accepted under the editorship of Sherman Dorn. Vol. 18 No. 15 2 suggest that the applicability of Kingdon's national-level model to the state level may depend on both the issue being examined and the participation of the state executive branch. Keywords: politics of education; policy formation; reading. Education Policy Analysis Archives Comprendiendo los procesos de definición de las agendas en política educativas estatales:Una aplicación del modelo de Kingdon de flujos múltiples en la formulación de políticas de lectura del estado. Resumen: Tomando como base datos de entrevistas con actores en el área de políticas sobre lectura en los estados de Michigan, California y Texas, este estudio utilizó el modelo de flujos múltiples de Kingdon (1984Kingdon ( , 1995 para explicar cómo el área de lectura llegó a ser prominente en la agenda de los gobiernos estatales durante la segunda mitad de los años 90. Una combinación de factores influyeron para establecer las agenda políticas estatales de lectura, incluyendo comentarios de padres, profesores y grupos económicos, el rendimiento escolar; la presión política de la administración estatal, además de grupos de presión a nivel regional y nacional. Otros factores que también contribuyeron fueron la creencia que la lectura es la base para el éxito de los estudiantes y la percepción que la disminución del rendimiento en el área de lectura representa simbólicamente, el fracaso de las escuelas públicas. Por otra parte, el Gobierno promovió la lectura al principio orden del día, que influyen en qué temas se colocaron en la agenda de decisión (definición de personal) y qué alternativas deben recibir más atención. Por último, los resultados sugieren que la utilización del modelo de Kingdon del nivel nacional para el nivel estatal depende tanto de la cuestión que se examina como de la participación del poder ejecutivo en el estado Palabras-clave: políticas da educación; formación de políticas; lectura Compreendendo a definição de agendas de política educacional do estado: Uma aplicação do modelo de co...

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Section: Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

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Understanding Agenda Setting in State Educational Policy: An Application of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Model to the Formation of State Reading Policy

Young

Shepley²,

Song³

2010

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“…Furthermore, the recession solidified the critical role of tuition in supporting institutional budgets (Hauptman, 2001). Decentralization is often one of the first areas that policy makers examine when looking to increase the autonomy of institutions (Newman, Couturier, & Scurry, 2004), yet it has received little attention in the literature (McLendon, 2003a). Understanding the implementation of tuition decentralization policies is critical.…”

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From policy design to campus: Implementation of a tuition decentralization policy.

Harris

2007

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Citation: Harris, M. S. (2007). From policy design to campus: Implementation of a tuition decentralization policy. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 15(16) AbstractThis study analyzes the implementation of a tuition decentralization policy in North Carolina. Concepts of organizational culture served as a guiding framework for an interpretive analysis. Qualitative case study data for the research was collected from interviews with key policy makers within the University of North Carolina as well as an extensive collection of documents. The findings demonstrate the importance of shared norms and beliefs in achieving successful policy implementation through a case study where incongruence of stakeholder values, beliefs, and goals created institutional conflict.

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“…Weiss' idea of the concept [34], as Kumah-Abiwu shares [35], is beyond just labeling an issue, but the goal of setting an agenda is to bring attention to an issue of importance. Michael McLendon's conceptual view of the theory [36] is similar to that of other scholars but compelling in many respects. According to McLendon, agenda setting is a process by which an issue of concern or significance moves from relative obscurity to become a priority issue as a result of a sustained attention to the issue [36].…”

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“…According to McLendon, agenda setting is a process by which an issue of concern or significance moves from relative obscurity to become a priority issue as a result of a sustained attention to the issue [36]. Although Ghana's oil sector governance debate might not be considered an issue in total obscurity, McLendon's ideas on agenda setting (from obscurity to a priority issue) can broadly be applicable to the analysis of Ghana [36].…”

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Democratic Institutions, Natural Resource Governance, and Ghana’s Oil Wealth

Kumah-Abiwu

2017

Social Sciences

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Abstract:The literature on natural resources is endowed with works on countries that have experienced slow economic performance despite their abundant natural resources (resource curse), with the exception of Norway and other few countries. Strong institutions and good governance practices have been underscored as some of the explanatory factors to the high performance of the outlier countries. Ghana's oil discovery in the era of its advancing democratic practices has led some to argue that the country might escape the resource curse phenomenon. While recognizing the importance of this argument, this article, however, argues that Ghana's likelihood of escaping the resource curse could be problematic due to its exclusive emphasis on democratic governance without greater focus on oil sector governance. Drawing on the theory of agenda setting and the existing literature, the article makes the case for agenda shift in the debate on Ghana's oil wealth and development. It stresses the need for a dualistic governance (the democratic and the oil sector) approach in the broader discourse on how Ghana can escape the resource curse.

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Setting the Governmental Agenda for State Decentralization of Higher Education

Cited by 42 publications

References 19 publications

Understanding Agenda Setting in State Educational Policy: An Application of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Model to the Formation of State Reading Policy

Understanding Agenda Setting in State Educational Policy: An Application of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Model to the Formation of State Reading Policy

From policy design to campus: Implementation of a tuition decentralization policy.

Democratic Institutions, Natural Resource Governance, and Ghana’s Oil Wealth

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