ERIC Number: EJ1033973
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 30
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Partisanship, Political Polarization, and State Higher Education Budget Outcomes
Dar, Luciana; Lee, Dong-Wook
Journal of Higher Education, v85 n4 p469-498 Jul-Aug 2014
In this article, we explore how partisanship affects state higher education policy priorities and expenditures. We assume that party coalitions are heterogeneous and policy preferences/priorities differ via mediating factors. We find that Democratic Party strength positively affects state funding for higher education but that the effect diminishes as political polarization or unemployment increases.
Descriptors: Political Affiliation, Higher Education, Budgets, Budgeting, State Policy, Expenditures, Preferences, Politics of Education, Funding Formulas, Financial Policy, Regression (Statistics), Predictor Variables, Robustness (Statistics), Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, State Aid, Political Attitudes, Educational Policy, Economic Impact, Policy Analysis, Performance Factors
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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