3-2 Short Paper: Policy and Law in Higher Education Top of Form Hide Assignment Information…

3-2 Short Paper: Policy and Law in Higher Education

Top of Form Hide Assignment Information Turnitin® This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin®. Instructions Write a short paper discussing an issue of institutional policy, federal law and policy, or state law and policy and the impact of these structures on higher education. For example, you could choose to analyze the impacts of the Higher Education Act or discuss state funding models and their impact on tuition, diversity, curriculum, and so forth in higher education. 3 PAGES

Sources for this short paper must include an article from at least one of the following top-tier peer-reviewed journals: Research in Higher Education, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, or Peabody Journal of Education and Teaching.

To complete this assignment, review the Module Three Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric document.

 

Rubric Name: HEA 520 Module Three Short Paper Rubric

This table lists criteria and criteria group name in the first column. The first row lists level names and includes scores if the rubric uses a numeric scoring method.

Criteria

Exemplary

Proficient

Needs Improvement

Not Evident

Policy, Government Control, or State Control Structure

30 points

Meets “Proficient” criteria and ideas are substantiated with specific and relevant details from a top-tier peer-reviewed journal article

27 points

Discusses the institutional policy, federal law and policy, or state law and policy in your state that impacts higher education

21 points

Discusses the institutional policy, federal law and policy, or state law and policy in your state that impacts higher education but lacks detail

0 points

Does not state that impacts higher education

/ 30

Impacts and Outcomes

30 points

Meets “Proficient” criteria and ideas are substantiated with specific and relevant details from a top-tier peer-reviewed journal article

27 points

Discusses the impacts and outcomes of the structures on higher education

21 points

Discusses the impacts and outcomes of the structures on higher education but lacks detail

0 points

Does not discuss the impacts and outcomes of the structures on higher education

/ 30

Changes

30 points

Meets “Proficient” criteria and ideas are substantiated with specific and relevant details

27 points

Proposes any changes to the structure that would make a more positive impact or lessen the negative impact on higher education

21 points

Proposes any changes to the structure that would make a more positive impact or lessen the negative impact on higher education but lacks detail

0 points

Does not propose any changes to the structure

/ 30

Articulation of Response

10 points

Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy-to-read format

9 points

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

7 points

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

0 points

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

/ 10