Reference no: EM132162961 , Length: 1100 Words
Short Paper Assignment -
Overview: Institutional policy, federal law and policy, and state law and policy are all structures that impact higher education. In this paper, you will analyze how one of these particular structures has influenced some aspect of higher education. For instance, you could choose to analyze the impacts of the Higher Education Act or discuss state funding models and their impact on tuition, diversity, curriculum, and so forth in higher education.
Sources for this short paper must include an article from at least one of the following top-tier peer-reviewed journals: Research in Higher Education, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, or Peabody Journal of Education and Teaching.
Prompt: In this short paper, discuss the impacts of policy, government control, and state control on some aspect of higher education.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Impact of Policy and Law in Higher Education
a) Discuss an institutional policy, federal law and policy, or state law and policy in your state that impacts higher education.
b) Discuss the impacts and outcomes of the structures on higher education.
c) Propose any changes to the structure that you feel would make a more positive impact or lessen the negative impact on higher education.