Does Educational Preparation Match Professional Practice: The Case of Higher Education Policy Analysts |
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| Authors: | Eduardo C Arellano Mario C Martinez |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Educational Management and Development, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88003–8001;(2) Department of Educational Leadership, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA |
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| Abstract: | This study compares the extent to which higher education policy analysts and master’s and doctoral faculty of higher education
and public affairs programs match on a set of competencies thought to be important to higher education policy analysis. Analysts
matched master’s faculty in three competencies while analysts and doctoral faculty matched in five competencies. The findings
suggest possible reasons why analysts and graduate faculty agree or differ on various competencies. Also, the findings raise
important questions regarding the preparation of higher education policy analysts and the graduate programs that educate them.
This study is an addition to the body of competency literature.
Eduardo C. Arellano obtained a B.A. in Political Science and an M.P.A from the University of Texas at El Paso, and he holds the Ph.D. in Educational
Administration from New Mexico State University. He is an assistant professor at New Mexico State University in the Department
of Educational Management and Development. His special interests are interactional diversity, competency, and US–Mexico border
studies.
Mario C. Martinez has a B.A. in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and
a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Leadership from Arizona State University. He is an associate professor at the University
of Nevada-Las Vegas in the department of Educational Leadership. His special interests are higher education policy, governance,
finance, competency modeling, and strategy. |
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| Keywords: | policy analysts competencies higher education program curriculum |
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