An Examination of Higher Education Policy Problems Using Narrative Policy Analysis

Authors

Magdalena Martinez, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-9-2019

Publication Title

American Behavioral Scientist

First page number:

1

Last page number:

18

Abstract

Policy actors and coalitions use narratives to frame higher education policy problems and solutions. In this article, I illustrate how I employed narrative policy analysis (NPA) in practice to demonstrate how state policy actors and coalitions created policy storylines that offered social orientation, reassurance, or guidance for a stubborn higher education policy problem in one state. I begin the article with a review of NPA, followed by a discussion of the methods and tools that guided my analysis and scholars interested in NPA can employ. Next, I provide a brief overview of the policy problem context followed by a detailed description and examples of analysis for policy artifacts and the construction of policy storylines.

Keywords

Higher education; Public policy; Narrative policy analysis

Disciplines

Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

Language

English

Repository Citation

Martinez, M. (2019). An Examination of Higher Education Policy Problems Using Narrative Policy Analysis. American Behavioral Scientist 1-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764218820569