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Some scholars and policy makers argue that the dearth of women in academic science positions is related to the demands of family life. While the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) aims to help women and men balance work and family life, universities throughout the United States have adopted...

Although research extensive universities in the United States produce similar outcomes – research, teaching, and service – they vary substantially in terms of the publicness of their environments. In this paper, we adopt the public values framework (Moulton 2009) to examine how regulative,...

States are increasingly concerned about higher education spending and determining whether they are getting their “money’s worth” from financial aid programs. Researchers have documented correlations between financial aid and college persistence (St. John 1991), finding that grants increase...

This paper investigates public and private nonprofit employees’ motivation to serve the public and the public interest and variation in their perceptions of worker quality and work life in the public and business sectors. We propose a Model for Determinants of Sector Perceptions and...

This research investigates whether political, social, and economic characteristics of local communities are related to data sharing between city departments and businesses and nonprofit organizations (‘external stakeholders’). Research about data sharing typically emphasizes managerial,...

This document presents the views of the participants of a two day workshop discussing the future of red tape research. To the greatest extent possible, the authors have tried to accurately represent the consensus view that emerged. But as is in any discourse of a moderately large number of...

Researchers overwhelmingly agree that socioeconomic factors and academic ability are strong predictors of college enrollment and completion. Researchers also find that low‐income students face significant barriers to college including weak academic preparation, less access to social capital...

Faculty at research universities are evaluated on a number of productivity measures including their ability to conduct research, teach, and engage in service. Research outcomes include publishing research results and acquiring grants and contracts to conduct additional research. While it is...

Academics and journalists have depicted government bureaucracies as particularly subject to administrative constraints, including the infamous red tape and personnel rules that sharply constrain pay, promotion and dismissal and weaken their relations to performance. Research on these topics has...