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Comprehensive Developmental Education Reform in Florida: A Policy Implementation Typology

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  • Rebecca Brower
  • Tamara Bertrand Jones
  • David Tandberg
  • Shouping Hu
  • Toby Park

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This study identified the policy perspectives of “street-level bureaucrats” in higher education (in this case, community college personnel) and linked them to a typology of 4 policy implementation patterns. The context for this qualitative study is state legislation in Florida (Florida Senate Bill 1720, 2013) that fundamentally reformed developmental education in the 28 state colleges (formerly community colleges) in the Florida College System (FCS). Study participants included 518 administrators, faculty, academic advisors, support staff, and students at 10 institutions in the FCS. The study employed Kluge’s (2000) 4-step methodology for deriving an empirically grounded qualitative typology. The 4 implementation patterns in the typology include oppositional, circumventing, satisficing, and facilitative implementation. Our study highlights implications for developmental education reform efforts nationwide and identifies the dynamics that predispose street-level bureaucrats to adopt either oppositional or facilitative implementation behaviors.

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  • Rebecca Brower & Tamara Bertrand Jones & David Tandberg & Shouping Hu & Toby Park, 2017. "Comprehensive Developmental Education Reform in Florida: A Policy Implementation Typology," The Journal of Higher Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 88(6), pages 809-834, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uhejxx:v:88:y:2017:i:6:p:809-834
    DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2016.1272091
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    1. Xinye Hu & Shouping Hu, 2022. "Do Colleges Perform the Same Following Developmental Education Reform? The Case of Florida’s Senate Bill 1720," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 63(1), pages 92-118, February.
    2. Suyadi, & Nuryana, Zalik & Sutrisno, & Baidi,, 2022. "Academic reform and sustainability of Islamic higher education in Indonesia," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).

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