Student as Consumer: What Three Decades of Higher Education Policy Mean to K-12

How governance of K-12 education influences policy outputs and student outcomes in the United States

Even though K-12 education policy has become an increasingly salient topic in the United States, few individuals understand the diverse arrangements states have devised to govern America's schools. Describing that variability and then using it to explain student academic success and state policy production is this paper’s empirical goal. That focus provides a new test of institutional theories ...

Harnessing Technology to Improve K–12 Education

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Feature Points of View: Effective Partnerships Between K–12 and Higher Education Building Successful Partnerships Between K–12 and Universities

Note from the Editors CBE is pleased to present ‘‘Points of View,’’ a series designed to address issues faced by many people within the life sciences educational realm. We present several differing points of view backto-back on a given topic to promote discussion of the topic. Readers are encouraged to participate in the online discussion forum hosted by Cell Biology Education at www.cellbioed....

Integrity in and Beyond Contemporary Higher Education: What Does it Mean to University Students?

Research has focused on academic integrity in terms of students' conduct in relation to university rules and procedures, whereas fewer studies examine student integrity more broadly. Of particular interest is whether students in higher education today conceptualize integrity as comprising such broader attributes as personal and social responsibility. We collected and analyzed qualitative respon...

InstItute for HIgHer educatIon PolIcy