An Examination of Higher Education Policy Problems Using Narrative Policy Analysis

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ID3755829
AuthorsMagdalena Martinez (0000-0002-0585-1512, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume63
Issue3
Pages369-386
Publication date2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764218820569
OpenAlexW2910227411
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Policy actors and coalitions use narratives to frame higher education policy problems and solutions. In this article, I illustrate how I employed narrative policy analysis (NPA) in practice to demonstrate how state policy actors and coalitions created policy storylines that offered social orientation, reassurance, or guidance for a stubborn higher education policy problem in one state. I begin the article with a review of NPA, followed by a discussion of the methods and tools that guided my analysis and scholars interested in NPA can employ. Next, I provide a brief overview of the policy problem context followed by a detailed description and examples of analysis for policy artifacts and the construction of policy storylines

Context (archaeology) · Discourse analysis · Education policy · Frame (networking) · Higher education · Linguistics · Narrative · Narrative inquiry · Policy analysis · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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