Public policy and higher education
Subtitle: strategies for framing a research agenda
By: Nicholas W. Hillman, David A. Tandberg, Brian A. Sponsler
Contributors: Tandberg, David A., author; Sponsler, Brian A., author
Series: ASHE higher education report -- volume 41, number 2
Publisher: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, at Jossey-Bass
Published: 2015
Place of publication: San Francisco, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9781119067818
Subjects: Higher Education; Research
Description: Conducting "policy relevant" research remains one of the more elusive quests facing higher education scholars. Yet, it is one of the most important since evidence-based policymaking results in better public policy decisions. But how can this be done? What are some promising practices to help make academic scholarship more policy relevant? This monograph provides strategies that--when addressed--should improve the chances of study becoming relevant to policy audiences. It provides: practical examples, theoretical perspectives, discussions of key stakeholders, and promising research strategies for framing work in policy relevant ways. By being more intentional about the policy relevance of our work and connecting research with emerging policy debates, we can increase the likelihood that future policy solutions will be evidence-based and informed by the most recent and rigorous research in our field. Graduate students and faculty members conducting research in any area within the field of higher education can benefit from this monograph
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-91) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Sources of higher education policy; title: Supplying policy-relevant research; title: Bearing more fruit? The prospects of conducting policy-relevant research; title: Summary and reflections.