Legislative Agenda Setting for In-State Resident Tuition Policies: Immigration, Representation, and Educational Access

Autor/inn/en	McLendon, Michael K.; Mokher, Christine G.; Flores, Stella M.
Titel	Legislative Agenda Setting for In-State Resident Tuition Policies: Immigration, Representation, and Educational Access
Quelle	In: American Journal of Education, 117 (2011) 4, S.563-602 (40 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0195-6744
DOI	10.1086/660770
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Political Science; State Colleges; Governance; Agenda Setting; Access to Education; Tuition; Undocumented Immigrants; Political Influences; In State Students; Economic Factors; Educational Policy; Unemployment; Predictor Variables; Females; Legislators; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; State Legislation; Disproportionate Representation; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Access; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Illegaler Aufenthalt; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ökonomischer Faktor; Politics of education; Arbeitslosigkeit; Prädiktor; Weibliches Geschlecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Landesrecht; USA
Abstract	Few recent issues in higher education have been as contentious as that of legislation extending in-state college tuition benefits to undocumented students, initiatives now known as in-state resident tuition (ISRT) policies. Building on several strands of literature in political science and higher education studies, we analyze the effects of demographic, economic, political, and policy conditions on the likelihood of these initiatives becoming positioned for legislative action during the period 1999-2007. In particular, we develop and test a theoretical framework distilled from research on "descriptive and substantive representation" in U.S. politics. Our event history analysis finds that the percentage of female legislators (an indicator of descriptive representation), the percentage of the population that is foreign born, the level of unemployment, and the type of higher education governance in a state are associated with the likelihood of an ISRT initiative achieving the legislative agenda. To conclude, we explore several conceptual and policy implications of our findings. (Contains 6 tables, 4 figures and 23 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10