The Creation and Development of an Interest Group: Life at the Intersection of Big Business and Education Reform
| Autor: | Cecil G. Miskel, C. Philip Kearney, John W. Sipple, Timothy M. Matheney |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Education reform
Public Administration Business education 05 social sciences Public administration Big business 0506 political science Education Intersection Political science 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Organizational theory Education policy 050207 economics Comparative education Education economics |
| Zdroj: | Educational Administration Quarterly. 33:440-473 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3519 0013-161X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0013161x97033004003 |
| Popis: | Responding to calls from the president of the United Sates and the Business Roundtable, business leaders have become increasingly involved in setting the education reform agenda. Using five interest group theories and longitudinal data; the authors examined the formation, agenda setting, and maintenance of an organization of business leaders. Moderate support was found for each of the theories. Analyses further revealed that policy interests and to a lesser degree, functional interests were important to the formation and activity of the interest group. To forge successful partnerships and to implement effective reform, educators, policy makers, and researchers must better understand the motives and actions that impel business involvement in education |
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