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Young, Michelle D.; VanGronigen, Bryan A.; Reynolds, Amy Luelle – Educational Policy, 2019
Few scholars have engaged in close examinations of state boards of education (SBOEs), their make-up, or the broader implications of their influence over time. SBOE membership, authority, and impact differ significantly across the 50 states. This article reports findings from an exploratory study of three SBOEs and their role as policy actors.…
Descriptors: State Boards of Education, Role, Power Structure, Educational Policy
White, Kenneth B. – 1990
A study examined the governing system in two Florida community colleges in order to better understand the dynamics of policymaking and policy implementation at the two-year college. The study focused on institutional characteristics, specifically communication, and how this may affect state-mandated program implementation. It was found that the…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Community Colleges, Decision Making, Governance
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Blackwell, Edward A.; Cistone, Peter J. – Higher Education Policy, 1999
A study of leading state-level policy actors in Florida's higher education identified a hierarchy of power and influence. Policy elites were legislators and key legislative staff consultants, the university system chancellor, and the state board of regents. Least influential in policy formation were faculty and student interest groups and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Presidents, College Students, Consultants
Lienemann, William H.; Bullis, Bruce – 1980
Systemwide bargaining in higher education in four states (Florida, Minnesota, New York, Illinois) was studied to determine whether institutions were affected in the manner predicted by previous literature, whether the amounts of influence, or power, of various institutional decision-makers were affected, and whether the viewpoints of respondents…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Collective Bargaining, College Administration