The products of the study include nine different publications:
seven case studies, a comparative report, and an annotated bibliography.
The case studies provide separate summaries of higher education governance for
the seven states in this project: California, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Michigan, New York, and Texas. The state systems of
higher education examined in these studies include public and
private postsecondary institutions as well as the arrangements
for regulating, coordinating and funding them. Case study research
was conducted between September 1994 and September 1996. For each
state, researchers collected documents, examined archival data,
and conducted interviews to obtain multiple sources of information
about context, system design, governance structures, and performance.
Over 200 interviews were conducted with state legislators, legislative
staff, representatives from the Governor's office, representatives
from state budget and research agencies, state higher education
agency officials, system and institutional presidents, chancellors
and board members, and faculty. Documents reviewed include state
budgets, master plans, statistical reports, board agendas, system
histories, and newspaper accounts. All case study reports were
reviewed for accuracy by knowledgeable individuals within the
state.
Following the completion of the case study reports, a comparative study was developed to provide an interpretive synthesis of the data
in the case studies. An annotated bibliography has been compiled to highlight relevant literature on governance
in higher education, government, business, and K-12 education.
The bibliography also includes several theoretical pieces that
helped to frame the conceptual design of the research.
Throughout the project, the research team was guided by the advice
of a National Advisory Committee comprised of 18 experts in higher
education governance issues. We would like to thank each of the
committee members for their assistance in this project (their
names are listed in the Appendix to this case study). In addition, we wish to thank the following
individuals for their assistance in reviewing drafts of the case
studies: Kenneth Ashworth, William Barba, Joseph Burke, Raymond
Cardozier, Patrick Dallet, Cameron Fincher, Edward Hines, David
Leslie, Marvin Peterson, William Pickens, Stephen Portch, Jack
Smart, and Richard Wagner.
Kathy Reeves Bracco
Senior Policy Analyst
The California Higher Education Policy Center
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