When neighbours matter most: innovation, diffusion and state policy adoption in tertiary education

Cohen‐Vogel, Lora; Ingle, William Kyle

doi:10.1080/02680930701269152

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“…Further, while displaying some general characteristics, each of the policies examined is fairly unique with multiple components. Rather than simply looking at whether a city adopts the LEED policy kernel ornot, the research presented here examines a number of different elements of that policy, a mode of inquiry that lends itself to more qualitative techniques that have been used effectively in discussing the diffusion of education policy (Cohen‐Vogel & Ingle, 2007; Cohen‐Vogel, Ingle, Levine, & Spence, 2008; Ingle, Cohen‐Vogel, & Hughes, 2007).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Greening America's Skylines: The Diffusion of Low‐Salience Policies

Koski

2010

Policy Studies Journal

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The diffusion literature is replete with examples of highly salient policies spreading across subnational governments. However, low‐salience policies that do not benefit from a groundswell of public opinion also spread across jurisdictions in patterns that appear similar to those of other, more well‐known policy ideas. This research is an investigation of the mechanisms that propagate low‐salience policies. I analyze the adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy Efficient Design standard across 119 U.S. cities from 2000 to 2008. The investigation indicates that a knowledge broker, in this case the USGBC, occupies critical roles in linking a low‐salience policy to a broader set of widely held societal values, developing a common policy vocabulary, providing a base policy that jurisdictions may freely adapt, and creating a diffusion infrastructure by acting as a communication hub for existing and interested jurisdictions to discuss innovations and progress.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Greening America's Skylines: The Diffusion of Low‐Salience Policies

Koski

2010

Policy Studies Journal

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“…There is some evidence from innovation diffusion research that later adopters benefit by delaying actions, opting instead to watch from the sidelines to see how the policy process unfolds among early adopters and learning lessons from their experiences. (Cohen-Vogel & Ingle, 2007;Holyoke, Henig, Brown, & Lacireno-Paquet, 2009).…”

Section: Summary Of Findings and Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 97%

Collective Bargaining Agreement Provisions in the Wake of Ohio Teacher Evaluation System Legislation

Ingle

Willis

Fritz³

2014

Educational Policy

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Guided by Honig and Hatch's conceptualization of bridging and buffering, we analyzed the first teacher collective bargaining agreements negotiated after the enactment of the Ohio Teacher Evaluation System to understand how state law has shaped provisions for teacher evaluation, compensation, reductions in force (RIF), transfers, and contract renewal. We found surprising variation in provisions across districts. Most notable was how districts defined comparable evaluations in making RIF decisions. Bridging districts provided the greatest protections for the most accomplished teachers, regardless of seniority. In contrast, buffering districts have RIF provisions based on seniority.

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“…Both political cultures and regimes support or restrict policy choices that may be invented or adopted by policy entrepreneurs. Selection of existing policies from other jurisdictions involves mimicry or emulation, that is, the diffusion of policies from other locations (Berry and Berry 2007;Cohen-Vogel and Ingle 2007;Lawton 1979;Meyer and Rowan 2006).…”

Section: Studies Of State Education Policy Makingmentioning

confidence: 98%