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ERIC Number: EJ635279
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
No Rookies on Rookies: Compliance and Opportunism in Policy Implementation.
Mills, Michael R.; Hyle, Adrienne E.
Journal of Higher Education, v72 n4 p453-77 Jul-Aug 2001
This case study analyzed implementation at Oklahoma State University of an institutional policy restricting the use of graduate teaching assistants in freshmen-level instruction. Findings suggested that units varied in viewing implementation as a hierarchically determined compliance task or as an opportunity for creative problem definition and solving akin to the organized anarchy model. (EV)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compliance (Psychology), Decision Making, Higher Education, Power Structure, Professional Autonomy, School Policy, Teaching Assistants
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Oklahoma State University; Policy Implementation