"Privileging" Public Research Universities: An Empirical Analysis of the Distribution of State Appropriations across Research and Non-Research Universities

Autor/inn/en	McLendon, Michael K.; Mokher, Christine G.; Doyle, William
Titel	"Privileging" Public Research Universities: An Empirical Analysis of the Distribution of State Appropriations across Research and Non-Research Universities
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Finance, 34 (2009) 4, S.372-401 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-9495
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Research Universities; Educational Finance; Resource Allocation; Financial Policy; Expenditures; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Economics; Correlation; Longitudinal Studies; State Aid; State Government; Politics of Education; Institutional Characteristics; Public Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Forschungseinrichtung; Bildungsfonds; Ressourcenallokation; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Ausgaben; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Korrelation; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Educational policy
Abstract	No empirical studies have attempted to explain why states invest differentially in their research and in their non-research universities, although these differences hold important implications for students, postsecondary systems, and society. Deploying a form of hierarchical-linear modeling, our study examines across-state variation in state appropriations allocated to public four-year universities, and the distribution of these appropriations to Carnegie research universities relative to other non-research universities. The analysis suggests that a primary reason why some states "privilege" their research universities is because the research universities in these states tend to engage in more expensive types of activities than do their non-research counterparts. Our analysis, however, points also to certain political influences that tend disproportionately to benefit research universities, including the proportion of appropriations committee members in a state legislature that graduated from the institution. These findings evidence the need for a closer examination of the link between state-policy outputs in higher education, the characteristics of legislative committees and of the individuals who serve on them. (Contains 6 figures, 3 tables, and 8 endnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10