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Accreditation Sanctions as Quality Signals in a Competitive Market for Students
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Burnett, Christopher A. – Educational Policy, 2022
Tuition-dependent colleges and universities face increasing competition for students. This study examined whether accreditation sanctions might serve as signals of quality and relate to enrollment. Results of a panel analysis showed enrollment declined for institutions after being placed on sanction with their regional accreditor. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Tuition, Accreditation (Institutions), Sanctions, Competition
Obscuring English Learners from State Accountability: The Case of Indiana's Language Blind Policies
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Morita-Mullaney, Trish; Singh, Malkeet – Educational Policy, 2021
The conjoining of Indiana state and federal accountability plans during the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) flexibility waiver (2012-2015) was an attempt at one combined system to furnish information in a simple and transparent manner, while obscuring the performances of English learner's (EL) English progress and EL reclassification. We identify how…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, State Policy, Educational Policy, Classification
Making Failure Matter: Enacting No Child Left Behind's Standards, Accountabilities, and Classifications
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Koyama, Jill P. – Educational Policy, 2012
This article ethnographically examines the paradoxical situation in which one high-achieving New York City public school is "constructed" as failing when No Child Left Behind (NCLB) assessments are miscalculated. Drawing upon actor-network theory (ANT)--a perspective that aims to explain how people, their ideas, and the material objects…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Policy, Educational Finance, Sanctions