ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.
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(Note: Not all topics have an ECS document associated with them. If you are looking for information on a specific topic, you can use our search function.)
Postsecondary Governance and Structures
 ECS State Postsecondary Education Structures Sourcebook - For historical reference, Florida State University staff have scanned and uploaded past editions of the ECS State Postsecondary Education Structures Sourcebook – State Coordination and Governing Boards. (ECS, various dates)...
P-20 Governance  PDF - This StateNote identifies states in which K-12 and postsecondary governance has been fully or partially consolidated in a single entity. The report also identifies where early learning falls under the purview of an entity that administers both K-12 and higher education. (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, Education Commission of the States, January 2011)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
The Authority of State Boards of Postsecondary Education  MS Word PDF - This document contains information about the authority of state boards of postsecondary education. It provides a summary of the status of the authority of state boards of postsecondary education, discusses the changes that were made in their status between 1997 and 2002 and contains a table that displays all states according to three broad categories: consolidated governing boards, coordinating boards and planning/service agencies. (Aims C. McGuinness, Education Commission of the States, November 2002)...
Reflections on Postsecondary Governance Changes MS Word - The last 25 years of the 20th century witnessed fundamental changes in state postsecondary education structures. This paper examines the factors that are driving these changes and the policy issues that appeared consistently in the debates about governance throughout this period. It also discusses the significant changes in state-level postsecondary education governance structures that occurred between 1997 and 2002, and explores the characteristics of states that are engaged in policy leadership for the public interest as well as the characteristics of states that remain mired in the policies and regulatory practices of the past. (Aims C. McGuinness, Education Commission of the States, July 2002)...
Models of Postsecondary Education Coordination and Governance in the States PDF - This report revises the postsecondary education coordination and governance models presented in the 1997 State Postsecondary Structures Sourcebook, and provides details about the models that are in place across the country. This report also provides state examples of each of the models. (Aims C. McGuinness, Education Commission of the States, February 2003)...
Governance and Coordination: Definitions and Distinctions MS Word - According to this policy brief, the distinction between governance and coordination is fundamental to an understanding of the postsecondary education governance structures that exist across the country. This paper explores this, and other, definitions and distinctions within postsecondary education governance. (Aims C. McGuinness, Education Commission of the States, December 2001)...
State Policy and Postsecondary Education MS Word - This policy brief provides an overview of the policy tools most commonly used by states to ensure that postsecondary institutions and systems are aligned with state higher education priorities. Allocating decision authority, planning and policy leadership and mission definition are among the policy options highlighted in this paper.(Aims C. McGuinness, Education Commission of the States, December 2001)...
State Master/Strategic Plans for Postsecondary Education MS Word PDF - State master/strategic plans for postsecondary education frame a state’s goals for postsecondary education policy and outline the steps necessary to achieve these goals. This ECS StateNote presents information about the following aspects of state master/strategic plans: the most common themes addressed in state master/strategic plans; the state master/strategic plans that address tuition; the states that are currently writing or rewriting new state master/strategic plans; the states that do not have a state master/strategic plan for postsecondary education; and contact information about or Web links for state master/strategic plans. (John Borgen, Education Commission of the States, December 2001)...
From the ECS State Policy Database: Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
From the ECS State Policy Database: Postsecondary Governance and Structures - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....
Postsecondary Governance Structures Database - This searchable database contains information about postsecondary governance structures in each state. The database includes individual state profiles as well as comparisons across states on specific aspects of governance structures. (Education Commission of the States, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, and State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2007)...
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