Hiding in Plain Sight
The Potential of State-Level Governing Boards in Postsecondary Education Policy Agenda-Setting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9017263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Demetri L Morgan (0000-0002-4326-3885, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, corresponding author), Raquel M Rall (0000-0002-2682-2016, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California, USA), Felecia Commodore (0000-0003-0868-7700, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA), Rachel A Fischer (Community College of Denver), Sam Bernstein (0000-0002-8605-5007, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 570-595 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1546 • E-ISSN: 1538-4640 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221546.2020.1824885 |
| OpenAlex | W3108358010 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 41 |
State-level governing boards (SLGBs) can play an essential regulatory role as intermediaries between the public, state-elected officials, and campus-level leadership. However, these boards have been understudied within higher education relative to their enormous potential to influence postsecondary institutions and state political dynamics via the ways they engage and leverage political discourse in the agenda setting process. To explore this latent function, the authors analyze strategic plans generated by SLGBs of 33 states to theorize how these entities leverage economic, public purpose, and accountability discourses in the policymaking process. The overarching questions were: 1) what are the dominant discourses in SLGB strategic plans and 2) to which audience are these plans directed? The authors build on the concepts of collaborative governance and the Policy Streams Model of Decentralization Agenda Setting to illuminate and contextualize dimensions of the potential for SLGBs to operate as important policy actors. The authors present a conceptual framework that can help scholars better understand how SLGBs and policy discourses interact to achieve institutional and state priorities. Implications for policymakers engaging in strategic planning are also included
Accountability · Business · Corporate governance · Decentralization · Economics · Higher education · Intermediary · Leverage (statistics · Management · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Marketing · Policy Transfer and Learning · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
Navigating the Threats to Democracy
Political appointees vs. elected officials
Governance Boards and Student Activism
Observable Evidence and Partnership Possibilities for Governing Board Involvement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
We Want You Back
Free to Spend? Institutional Autonomy and Expenditures on Executive Compensation, Faculty Salaries, and Research Activities
State Postsecondary Boards as Policy Influencers During the Early Stages of Covid-19
What Does It Take to Lead
Conceptualizing “Pyramid-hierarchy” model
Understanding the social–ecological systems of non-state seafood sustainability scheme in the blue economy
Renegotiating the relationship between HBCUs and state higher education boards to address coloniality
Governing Boards as Institutional Umbrellas
The Gig Academy
The New Middle Management
What is Political Discourse Analysis?
Critical discourse analysis
A Model for Diverse Learning Environments
Agendas, alternatives, and public policies
Political Discourse Analysis
The impact of state governance structures on management and performance of public organizations
Mission Statements
State of rhetoric
Setting the Governmental Agenda for State Decentralization of Higher Education
Partisans, Professionals, and Power
Strategic Planning for Higher Education
The Tie That Binds
How the Sausage is Made
The Enactment of Reforms in State Governance of Higher Education
The Conditioning Role of State Higher Education Governance Structures
Exploring the ‘How’ in Policy Diffusion
Error on Choroplethic Maps
Pathways to Racial Equity in Higher Education
The Principal–Agent Framework and Independent Regulatory Agencies
An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance
Qualitative Quality
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |