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In a State of Access: Ohio Higher Education, 1945 - 1990
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Baker, Jonathan Tyler
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1591187230823684
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2020, Doctor of Education, Miami University, Educational Leadership.
Abstract
In a State of Access is a historical study about the way public higher education in Ohio became both generally accessible to nearly every citizen while also offering elite undergraduate and graduate programs. This project grapples with the question of how national, state and regional factors - from the mid-1940s through the end of the 20th century - influenced the way Ohio's leaders viewed the purpose of public higher education and influenced whether Ohio's leaders chose to focus on making public higher education more selective or accessible. State leaders initially balked at the idea of funding public higher education. When they did decide to make the investment, ideological battles, economic stagnation and the state's budget deficit continually influenced how state leaders viewed the purpose of public higher education. As a result, state leaders never succeeded in building a system of public higher education that reflected a clearly defined, well-organized purpose. This dissertation is the first full-length study about contemporary public higher education in Ohio and one of the few case studies of any state's system of higher education. As the public and politicians at the state and national level pay more attention to the accessibility of higher education, and the role of a college degree in a globalized, service economy, a case study of Ohio helps us to better understand why public higher education is still struggling with problems over access.
Committee
Kate Rousmaniere, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Joel Malin, Dr. (Committee Member)
Kathleen Knight-Abowitz, Dr. (Committee Member)
Michael Todd Edwards, Dr. (Committee Member)
Pages
129 p.
Subject Headings
American History
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Education History
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Education Policy
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Educational Leadership
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Higher Education
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History
Keywords
Higher Education
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Ohio
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Jim Rhodes
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Higher Education Funding
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Ohio Higher Education
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Public Colleges
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Public Universities
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Accessibility
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Higher Education Budgets
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Community Colleges
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Branch Campuses
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Baker, J. T. (2020).
In a State of Access: Ohio Higher Education, 1945 - 1990
[Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1591187230823684
APA Style (7th edition)
Baker, Jonathan.
In a State of Access: Ohio Higher Education, 1945 - 1990.
2020. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1591187230823684.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Baker, Jonathan. "In a State of Access: Ohio Higher Education, 1945 - 1990." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1591187230823684
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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