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The Case of Delaware's SEED Scholarship: A Well-Established but Lesser-Known Promise Program. Affordability, Access, and Student Success in Statewide College Promise Programs
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Burkander, Kri; Ballerini, Victoria; Kent, Daniel C.; Callahan, M. Kate – Research for Action, 2019
Research for Action has studied statewide Promise programs since 2017, with in-depth analysis in four states--Delaware, Nevada, Oregon, and Tennessee. Our research in these states includes an extensive review of legislative and policy documents; 146 interviews with policymakers, institutional leaders, and high school staff; site visits to 8…
Descriptors: State Programs, College Programs, State Policy, Case Studies
Evaluating Teachers in the Big Easy: How Organizational Context Shapes Policy Responses in New Orleans
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Marsh, Julie A.; Bush-Mecenas, Susan; Strunk, Katharine O.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Huguet, Alice – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2017
Although multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems have gained popularity in the United States, few studies have examined their implementation or how they are shaped by organizational context. New Orleans provides a strategic case to examine the enactment of a state teacher evaluation policy in a highly decentralized setting with variation in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Administrative Organization, State Policy, Policy Analysis
State-Mandated Principal Preparation Program Redesign: Impetus for Reform or Invitation to Chaos?
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Phillips, Joy C. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2013
Increasing criticism of practicing educational leaders has led to additional critiques of the university programs in which they are prepared. In response, many states have mandated statewide university preparation program redesign. The articles in this special issue describe five unique cases of principal preparation program redesign--including…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Program Design, Educational Change
Seeking Clarity in New Jersey for Leadership Preparation Program Design: Confusion, Fragility, and Unintended Consequences
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Doolittle, Gini – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2013
In 2004, the New Jersey Department of Education issued a mandate to the 17 leadership preparation program providers to revise their leadership preparation programs after completing a critical friends review. This case study explores the challenges, programmatic, and political experiences of one preparation program as state support dwindled.…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Educational Change, Criticism, Program Evaluation
Revisioning a School Administrator Preparation Program: A North Carolina Case Study
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Phillips, Joy C. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2013
This article provides a descriptive case study of the process used at one of North Carolina's public universities to respond to a state-mandated "revisioning" directive for educational leadership preparation programs. The case provides an overview of the state educational leadership policy context, discussion of state and local support…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Administrator Education, Case Studies, State Universities
A Broken Promise: Examining the Merit-Aid Policy and Implementation Gap in the Michigan Promise Scholarship
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Daun-Barnet, Nathan; Hermsen, Albert; Vedder, Lori; Mabry, Beth – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2013
In 2006, Michigan changed their traditional merit award to a credit contingent program based upon successful completion of 60 college credits. The Michigan Promise Scholarship was crafted by state policymakers without input from the financial aid community. This case study suggests that the change in policy resulted in two unintended consequences:…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, State Aid, Student Financial Aid, College Credits