![]() | State Governments and Research Universities: A Framework for a Renewed Partnership Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Education; Politics & International Relations; Research Methods ; Development Studies Environment Social Work Urban Studies; Social Sciences; Economics Finance and Accounting; Educational Research; Education Studies; Higher Education; Quantitative and Statistical Methods; Qualitative Methods; Mixed Methods; Education; Business Management and Accounting; Education Policy & Politics; Government; Regulatory Policy; Sociology & Social Policy; Organizational Studies; Education Policy; Education Politics; Higher Education Management; Governance; Education Policy; Research Methods - Soc. Policy; Post 16 Education; Originally published in 2002, State Governments and Research Universities focuses on differences in unrestricted state appropriations for Carnegie Public Research I Universities during the 1990s. Through statistical analyses and case studies, a framework is developed that illuminates the impact of higher education governance, institutional characteristics, and economic, demographic, political, and cultural factors as critical elements determining levels of state appropriations for public research universities. The framework is strengthened through an application of organization theories from rational, political, and cultural perspectives. Among its most valuable contributions, the study places empirical evidence behind the assertion that future state support for research universities will be contingent on an institution's ability to demonstrate its service to the state. |
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