Kingdon Lindblom and Lovell: Assessing Three Models of the Public Policymaking Process

Abstract

No side-by-side, multi-model, fifty-state quantitative assessment exists in the study of higher education public policy to determine which model or elements of models accurately reflect the policymaking process. This dissertation was an effort to advance the knowledge of the higher education public policymaking process by assessing three models of the policy-making process (Kingdon's Multiple Streams or Revised Garbage Can, Lindblom's Bounded Rationality or Incrementalism, and Lovell's Three-Tier Taxonomy) across three major policy issue areas (affordability, access, accountability) using State Higher Education Executive Officers' and Legislative Education Committee Chairpersons' perceptions as reported through responses to a survey addressing legislation since 1996. Data collected from the surveys were used to calculate mean scores. Data were examined through analysis of variances (ANOVA) as well as paired samples t-tests procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA420038

Entities

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  • Richard H. Klodnicki

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Autonomy
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  • Education

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