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From Performance to Completion: The Role of State Governing Systems in Higher Education

Nicholson-Sweval, Fedearia A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1543953217504126

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Public Administration.
The research issue addressed in this exploratory, qualitative, pre-quantitative study provides an in depth analysis of the paradigmatic shift in public higher education from an inputs-based model, based on enrollment to an output-based model based on graduation and completion. The public sector has undergone scrutiny and a demand for more accountability. However, higher education has not remained immune. Moreover, for decades, higher education in the United States had been regarded as the largest producer of college graduates. However, with the U.S. no longer the lone leader, the need to increase the number of citizens with a college degree is critical, in order to remain globally competitive. Consequently, public higher education is overseen by individual states in this country with varied structures. These differences can result in disparities among performance metrics as well as reporting. The study employed the two major governing structures of higher education-Consolidated Governing Boards and Coordinating Boards and posed the question, “Does the organizational structure of state governing bodies of higher education influence the completion or graduation rates of students at four-year public institutions based on race and income”? Due to the scarcity of research on this topic, this exploratory study relinquished traditional research terms and examined five factors that might influence research outcomes related to graduation and completion based on governance structure. Furthermore, ten state systems were selected based on enrollment. The results of this study found that organizational structure did not influence graduation or completion among four-year public institutions. Rather, the findings revealed that more research is required on funding models, such as Performance Based Funding and the intersection of race and income.
Raymond Cox, Dr. (Advisor)
133 p.
Higher Education; Public Administration
governing systems, higher education, accountability, performance, graduation and completion

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  • Nicholson-Sweval, F. A. (2018). From Performance to Completion: The Role of State Governing Systems in Higher Education [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1543953217504126

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nicholson-Sweval, Fedearia. From Performance to Completion: The Role of State Governing Systems in Higher Education. 2018. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1543953217504126.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nicholson-Sweval, Fedearia. "From Performance to Completion: The Role of State Governing Systems in Higher Education." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1543953217504126

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