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McLendon, Michael K.; Hearn, James C.; Mokher, Christine G. – Journal of Higher Education, 2009
State funding remains one of the most prominent and debated issues confronting U.S. higher education. In this paper, the authors report the results of a longitudinal analysis of factors associated with state funding efforts for higher education. They begin by developing a conceptual framework that more closely integrates key state political…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Aid, Political Influences, Power Structure
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Hearn, James C.; McLendon, Michael K.; Mokher, Christine G. – Research in Higher Education, 2008
This event history analysis explores factors driving the emergence over recent decades of comprehensive state-level student unit-record [SUR] systems, a potentially powerful tool for increasing student success. Findings suggest that the adoption of these systems is rooted in demand and ideological factors. Larger states, states with high…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Academic Persistence, Public Policy, Databases