State postsecondary policy innovation: Politics, competition, and the interstate migration of policy ideas

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  McLendon, Michael K ^a   Heller, Donald E ^b   Young, Steven P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 24144502379     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2005.11772289     Document Type: Review

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