Politics, Interest Groups and State Funding of Public Higher Education

Autor/in	Tandberg, David A.
Titel	Politics, Interest Groups and State Funding of Public Higher Education
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education, 51 (2010) 5, S.416-450 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-010-9164-5
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Public Education; State Aid; Political Influences; Financial Policy; Politics of Education; Longitudinal Studies; Economic Factors; Demography; Lobbying; State Government + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Öffentliche Erziehung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Fiscal policy; Finanzpolitik; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Demografie; Bund-Länder-Beziehung
Abstract	State support of public higher education has rapidly declined relative to total state spending. Much of this decline in support is due to the rapid growth in spending on such things as Medicaid. However, relative support of public higher education varies significantly between states. This study applies Tandberg's (2009) fiscal policy framework created to explain state support of public higher education in order to evaluate the relationship between various factors and states' relative support of higher education. While Tandberg's fiscal policy framework accounts for traditional economic and demographic factors in explaining state support for higher education, it also draws attention to political influences as well including the impact of state-level interest groups. Using cross-sectional time-series analysis these relationships are explored over a 19-year period. The findings provide evidence of the significant impact of interest groups and politics on state fiscal policy in regard to higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10