Date Available
7-27-2016
Year of Publication
2016
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Document Type
Doctoral Dissertation
College
Education
Department/School/Program
Education Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Tricia Browne-Ferrigno
Abstract
Nearly two-thirds of undergraduate college students within the United States fail to graduate within six years because they are unprepared for postsecondary education. Thus, many states have embarked on policy reform movements centered on college and career readiness for all high school graduates. This study focused on Kentucky’s efforts to implement four key initiatives—accelerated learning, secondary interventions, college and career readiness advising, and persistence to graduation—resulting from sweeping reform policies enacted in 2009 by the Kentucky General Assembly. The study considers policy implementation from an organizational perspective and explores the structural characteristics associated with effective policy implementation at the school level.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2016.319
Recommended Citation
Baldwin, Todd, "IMPLEMENTING KENTUCKY’S COLLEGE READINESS AGENDA: AN ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF POLICY IMPLEMENTATION" (2016). Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences. 16.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/edsc_etds/16
