Three decades of implementation research in higher education. Limitations and prospects of theory development.

Autor/in	Kohoutek, Jan
Titel	Three decades of implementation research in higher education. Limitations and prospects of theory development.
Quelle	In: Higher education quarterly, 67 (2013) 1, S. 56-79Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0263-9769; 0951-5224; 1468-2273
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-2273.2012.00531.x
Schlagwörter	Staat; Hochschule; Verwaltung
Abstract	The article adopts a comparative approach to review three periods of theory development in research into higher education policy implementation. Given the conceptual affinity between Cerych and Sabatier's 1986 seminal study into higher education policy implementation and public policy implementation theory, the field of public policy is chosen for reference and comparison. The article argues, first, that the underlying characteristics of higher education research such as sector-isolatedness, application drift and sensitivity to political agendas hindered the development of sector-specific theories of policy implementation. Second, this gap in theory formation started to be narrowed from the late 1990s onwards, due to critical reappraisal of the 1986 study and due to limited utilisation of mid-range theory concepts conceived within or related to the public policy field. It is through the utilisation of such public policy theory that higher education implementation research may reach a more mature stage. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2013/3