Michael D. Parsons is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and is Program Coordinator, Higher Education Program at Indiana University, Bloomington.

"I am particularly impressed with the author's articulation of the concept of power. He does an effective job of tracing the literature, demonstrating how the concept of power has lost its viability as a tool for policy researchers, and, in his words, 'reconstructing and reclaiming power so that it can be used as an analytic tool and explanatory concept in policy analysis and research.' I think his development of the concept of foundations of power (i.e., institutions and structures, personal and social relationships, and beliefs and values) provides policy analysts and scholars with a useful, and hitherto unavailable, tool for examining the development of policy in a wide range of arenas. By offering a clear definition of the foundations of power he has made an important contribution to the field of policy studies." — Michael D. Coomes, Bowling Green State University

• Acknowledgments Preface: Power and Politics 1. The Problem of Power 2. Historical Context of Federal Higher Education Policy Making 3. The Higher Education Policy Arena 4. The Social Context of Policy Making 5. Power in the Higher Education Policy Arena 6. Making History Conclusion: Flux and Transition Bibliography Index

Michael D. Parsons is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and is Program Coordinator, Higher Education Program at Indiana University, Bloomington.

"I am particularly impressed with the author's articulation of the concept of power. He does an effective job of tracing the literature, demonstrating how the concept of power has lost its viability as a tool for policy researchers, and, in his words, 'reconstructing and reclaiming power so that it can be used as an analytic tool and explanatory concept in policy analysis and research.' I think his development of the concept of foundations of power (i.e., institutions and structures, personal and social relationships, and beliefs and values) provides policy analysts and scholars with a useful, and hitherto unavailable, tool for examining the development of policy in a wide range of arenas. By offering a clear definition of the foundations of power he has made an important contribution to the field of policy studies." — Michael D. Coomes, Bowling Green State University

• Acknowledgments Preface: Power and Politics 1. The Problem of Power 2. Historical Context of Federal Higher Education Policy Making 3. The Higher Education Policy Arena 4. The Social Context of Policy Making 5. Power in the Higher Education Policy Arena 6. Making History Conclusion: Flux and Transition Bibliography Index

Michael D. Parsons is Associate Professor of Higher Education at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and is Program Coordinator, Higher Education Program at Indiana University, Bloomington.

"I am particularly impressed with the author's articulation of the concept of power. He does an effective job of tracing the literature, demonstrating how the concept of power has lost its viability as a tool for policy researchers, and, in his words, 'reconstructing and reclaiming power so that it can be used as an analytic tool and explanatory concept in policy analysis and research.' I think his development of the concept of foundations of power (i.e., institutions and structures, personal and social relationships, and beliefs and values) provides policy analysts and scholars with a useful, and hitherto unavailable, tool for examining the development of policy in a wide range of arenas. By offering a clear definition of the foundations of power he has made an important contribution to the field of policy studies." — Michael D. Coomes, Bowling Green State University

• Acknowledgments Preface: Power and Politics 1. The Problem of Power 2. Historical Context of Federal Higher Education Policy Making 3. The Higher Education Policy Arena 4. The Social Context of Policy Making 5. Power in the Higher Education Policy Arena 6. Making History Conclusion: Flux and Transition Bibliography Index