Phân Tích Chính Sách Kể Chuyện Về Phản Ứng Đối Với Tennessee Promise

Trường đại học

Western Kentucky University

Chuyên ngành

Educational Leadership

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Ẩn danh

Thể loại

dissertation

2017

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Phí lưu trữ

55 Point

Mục lục chi tiết

1. CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background and Context

1.2. Statement of Purpose

1.3. Central Research Question and Subquestions

1.4. Research Design Overview

1.5. Rationale and Significance

1.6. The Researcher’s Perspective

1.7. Definitions of Key Terminology

2. CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

2.1. Tennessee Promise and Free College Scholarship Programs

2.2. Background and Context

2.3. Postsecondary Enrollment Trends

2.4. Individual States and Their Role in College Completion

2.5. Community College Student Transfers and Baccalaureate Degree Completion

2.6. Transfer Receptivity at the Universities

2.7. Policy Innovation and Diffusion

2.8. State Merit-Based Scholarship Programs

2.9. Transfer Receptivity for Community College Transfer Students

3. CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY

3.1. Qualitative Narrative Research Design

3.2. Narrative Policy Analysis

3.3. The Role of the Researcher

3.4. The Research Sample

3.5. Information Needed to Conduct the Study

3.6. Research Design Implementation

3.7. Data Collection Methods

3.7.1. Phase I: Publicly-Accessible University Documents and Local News Articles

3.7.2. Phase II: Interviews with University Presidents and Provosts

3.8. Data Analysis and Synthesis

3.9. Issues of Trustworthiness

3.10. Delimitations and Limitations

4. CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS

4.1. The Universities, Their Leaders, and the Universities’ Enrollment Context

4.2. The Universities’ Enrollment Context

4.3. Counter Stories and the Meta-Narratives Told by Leaders

4.4. University Leaders Respond to Tennessee Promise

4.5. Leaders’ Concerns

4.6. Leaders’ Responses to Offset the Impact

4.7. University Leaders Plan to Provide Transfer Receptivity

4.7.1. Committing to Receive and Support Student Transfers

4.7.2. Expanding Retention Efforts to Include Student Transfers

4.7.3. Assessing Policies, Practices, and Programs

4.8. University Leaders Plan for Future Transfer Receptivity

4.8.1. Integrating Student Transfers into the Universities

4.8.2. Sustaining the Efforts

4.9. Discussion of Findings

4.10. How Did the University Presidents and Provosts Respond to Tennessee Promise?

4.11. How Did the University Leaders Prepare to Provide Transfer Receptivity?

4.12. How Did the University Leaders Plan to Ensure Future Transfer Receptivity?

4.13. Implications for Further Study

4.14. Recommendations for Ensuring Future Transfer Receptivity

4.15. Recommendations for University Leadership Practice

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To my parents who inspire and encourage me to follow my dreams

To my grandchildren who bring me great joy

To Tennessee Promise community college student transfers who strive for more

APPENDIX A: APPROVED IRB INFORMED CONSENT DOCUMENT

APPENDIX B: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

APPENDIX C: RESEARCH SAMPLE

APPENDIX D: TYPES OF INFORMATION NEEDED

APPENDIX E: RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND DATA SOURCES

APPENDIX F: INITIAL INTERVIEW PROTOCOL

APPENDIX G: REVISED INTERVIEW PROTOCOL

APPENDIX H: INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS

APPENDIX I: CODE MAPPING STRATEGY WITH RESEARCH QUESTIONS

APPENDIX J: FINDINGS AND SOURCES FOR DATA TRIANGULATION

APPENDIX K: AUDIT TRAIL EXCERPT

APPENDIX L: LIST OF PUBLICLY-ACCESSIBLE DOCUMENTS AND SOURCES CONSULTED, ARRANGED BY UNIVERSITY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY

A narrative policy analysis of the responses to tennessee promise