Full Description
Conducting policy relevant research remains elusive yet 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 a 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. This the 2nd issue of the 41st volume of the Jossey-Bass series ASHE Higher Education Report. Each monograph is the definitive analysis of a tough higher education issue, based on thorough research of pertinent literature and institutional experiences. Topics are identified by a national survey.
Noted practitioners and scholars are then commissioned to write the reports, with experts providing critical reviews of each manuscript before publication.
Contents
Executive Summary vi Foreword ix Introduction 1 Goals of This Monograph 5 What Is Public Policy? 6 Theories of the Policymaking Process 9 Traditional Views of Policy-Relevant Research 16 Toward an Expanded View of Policy-Relevant Research 18 Summary 20 Sources of Higher Education Policy 21 State Policy Actors in the Postsecondary Context 22 Federal Policy Actors in the Postsecondary Policy Context 33 Summary 42 Supplying Policy-Relevant Research 44 Problem Identification 48 Research Design 49 Policy Implications 52 Dissemination of Results 54 Utilization of Results 56 Summary 60 Bearing More Fruit? The Prospects of Conducting Policy-Relevant Research 63 The Limitations of Using Academic Research in Policymaking 64 Does the Use of Research Lead to Better Policymaking? 66 Narrowing the Gap: Framing Studies in Their Appropriate Policy Context 67 Summary 73 Summary and Reflections 75 Trends in Policy Scholarship in Higher Education 76 Can Higher Education Research Be More Policy Relevant? 79 Final Reflections 81 Notes 83 References 84 Name Index 92 Subject Index 95 About the Authors 97
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