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Dirks, Nicholas B. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2015
As the University of California continues to face unprecedented challenges--from state disinvestment, to attempts by the legislature to wrest control of the university, to disruption brought on by new technology, to concerns, valid or otherwise, about the value of college--university leaders must return to fundamental questions about the purposes…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Liberal Arts, Models, Religious Education
Hiatt, Diana Buell – 1987
This description of the research, the development of state laws, and the origins of practices attempting to restore safe schools suggests that there was a relationship among research, policy, and practice. The Congress of the United States enacted the Safe School Study Act in 1974 to ensure a safe environment for education. In response to this…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Douglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2006
The convergence of US federal science and economic policy that began in earnest in the Reagan administration formed the first stage in an emerging post-Cold War drive toward technological innovation. A frenzy of new state-based initiatives now forms the Second Stage, further promoting universities as decisive tools for economic competitiveness.…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Research and Development, Higher Education, State Government