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Public policy and higher education : reframing strategies for preparation, access, and college success /

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Public Policy and Higher Education, Third Edition provides readers with the tools to examine how policies affect students' access and success in college. Rather than arguing for a single approach, the authors use research-based evidence and consider political and historical values and beliefs t...

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Main Authors: Daun-Barnett, Nathan (Author), St. John, Edward P. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, [2025].
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Core concepts in higher education.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > United States.
Education, Higher > United States > States > Case studies.
Education and state > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Reframing higher education policy
  • Public policy and higher education : global competitiveness, political divisions, and reframing strategies
  • Reframing policy matters : political ideologies, policy studies, and research evidence
  • Reframing preparation : from pathways to STEM pipeline and economic stratification
  • College access : from equal opportunity to economic stratification
  • Reframing college success : civic leadership, economic uplift, and financial wellbeing
  • Part II. State cases
  • The old liberal model : the California case
  • The market model reconsidered : the Minnesota case
  • The eroding balanced model : the Indiana case
  • From merit aid to MAGA reforms : the Florida case
  • Conservative-progressive tensions : the North Carolina case
  • Epilogue.