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Carusi, F. Tony; Rawlins, Peter; Ashton, Karen – Journal of Education Policy, 2018
Ontological politics has received increasing attention within education policy studies, particularly as a support for the notion of policy enactment. While policy enactment offers serious challenges to traditional approaches toward policy implementation, this paper takes up ontological politics as a concept that extends beyond implementation and…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Evidence, Educational Policy, Program Implementation
Lumina Foundation, 2018
This brief tells the story of Lumina Foundation's and states' efforts to promote an equity agenda for higher education, featuring the 2015 Equity Policy Academy-- which focused on improving educational equity for students from historically underserved groups--as a turning point. Based primarily on interviews with Lumina staff and key state leaders…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Higher Education, Educational Improvement, Disproportionate Representation
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Lenhoff, Sarah Winchell; Ulmer, Jasmine B. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
The ways in which the language of reformers intersects with and informs reform implementation is important to our understanding of how education policy impacts practice. To explore this issue, we employed critical discourse analysis (CDA) to analyze the language used by a 21st century skills-focused reform organization to promote its program…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Educational Policy, Program Implementation, Policy Formation
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Athanasou, James A. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2012
The National Career Development Strategy Green Paper is a discussion paper issued by the Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations. It is aimed at the formulation of a coherent and structured career development strategy throughout Australia. The Green Paper seeks to lay the foundation for policy change through establishing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Career Guidance, Position Papers
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Dyson, Ben; Wright, Paul M.; Amis, John; Ferry, Hugh; Vardaman, James M. – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore the production, communication, interpretation and contestation of new physical education (PE) and physical activity (PA) policy initiatives introduced in Mississippi and Tennessee for the academic year 2006-2007. These states provide a relevant context to study such issues, since Mississippi has the highest…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, High Schools, Physical Education, Public Policy
Watt, Michael G. – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to evaluate decision making in the Common Core State Standards Initiative as the change process moved from research, development and diffusion activities to adoption of the Common Core State Standards by the states. A decision-oriented evaluation model was used to describe the four stages of planning, structuring,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, State Schools, State Standards, Governance
Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2010
This report uses the three-component framework to categorize and synthesize major recommendations to Congress for the ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) reauthorization and briefly analyzes them from the perspective of the third component. The analysis illuminates fundamental gaps in the prevailing recommendations. In particular, this…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Change, Barriers, Performance Factors
Fairchild-Pierce, Jennifer Elis – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This dissertation provides historical insight into the design and implementation of one strategic plan of a public higher education system in an effort to inform future similar strategic planning processes. On July 1, 1994, the Board of Regents appointed Stephen R. Portch the ninth Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. The timing was…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Oral History, Leadership Styles, Leadership
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Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1992
This publication presents the official multicultural education policy statement for Manitoba (Canada) institutions of education and training. The policy is guided by the following three principles: (1) education for full participation in society; (2) education for cultural and linguistic development; and (3) education for intercultural…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy
Barton, Paul E. – 1991
This proposal suggests the kinds of information that could be developed to inform choices and answer questions related to the national education goals and their specific targets. An important approach to providing this kind of information is being undertaken by the National Assessment Governing Board, which has used panels of judges to set…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Cutting Scores
Smith, Francis S. – 1993
In today's political, economic, and ecologically-sensitive climate a university's or college's indiscriminate acceptance of gifts can have catastrophic consequences. Some donations of cash or even real property can bring with them legal and political, as well as ethical and philosophical complications that can cost the institution considerable…
Descriptors: Colleges, Corporate Support, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds
Yager, Loren – 2001
The General Accounting Office (GAO) evaluated the coordination of the export training offered to small businesses by the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Small Business Administration through the U.S. Export Assistance Centers (USEACs). GAO staff visited 10 of the 19 USEACs. The agencies' training organizers or presenters were interviewed,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Employed Women, Exports
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Committee for Scientific and Technical Personnel. – 1982
A study analyzed the policies of 20 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries pertaining to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Aims of the study were to assess the current role of SMEs as generators and users of innovations, to analyze the components of a favorable climate for innovation in SMEs, and to…
Descriptors: Business, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Competition
Elliott, Mark; Spangler, Don; Yorkievitz, Kathy – 1998
The impact of 1996 federal welfare reform legislation on state work force development programs was examined through a study of work force development programs and policies in 13 states: Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin. The study focused on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Policy, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1980
This congressional report contains a discussion of the provisions of the Youth Act of 1980 (H.R. 6711) and presents dissenting views on the act. (The Youth Act of 1980 extends the authorization of and improves youth training and employment programs, extends the authorization of the private initiative program, and authorizes intensive and remedial…
Descriptors: Business, Community Involvement, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs
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