This is a study of an implementation process, which means it is a study of the
gray area somewhere between policy and program. The policy created in 1983 opened
the door of the college to non-traditional learners. Sweeping changes in the social
discourse of disability supported the development of the 1983 policy. A review of the
literature revealed four factors that were likely to influence the process: the policy, the
implementing agency, external influences and power, politics and negotiation.
The purpose of the study was to compare a framework, established from the
literature, to a framework that evolved from the research. The project concluded that the
four factors were adequate to describe the situation however, the preconceived
framework was inadequate to describe the relationship among the factors for this site.
Data collected from documents and interviews revealed that some factors have a stronger
influence on the process than others. In this case, power, politics and negotiation and the
implementing agency are strong considerations, while the policy and external factors play
a weaker role. The result was a reconstructed framework that portrayed the
implementation process for this site.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/9693 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Demarinis, Mary Penney |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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