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This chapter challenges conventional narratives about research universities, highlighting their complexity and organizational heterogeneity. It calls for nuanced scholarship that accurately describes the roles and operations of research universities and proposes a scholarship inspired by the American Political Economy (APE) framework that was developed by political scientists. The chapter is structured into four sections. First, it reviews existing literature, emphasizing the overlooked relationship between research missions and other institutional missions. Second, it examines the status and definitional challenges of research universities, arguing that current categorizations are insufficient to capture their complexity. Third, it introduces the APE framework to analyze research universities, focusing on meta-political conditions that shape their operations. Finally, it applies the APE framework to assess equitable access policies in Arizona and Michigan, demonstrating the necessity of context-aware policy analysis. Ultimately, the chapter asserts that research universities are challenging to steer due to their complex decision-making environments and status-driven imperatives. It emphasizes that understanding these institutions requires attention to their specific socio-political contexts, guiding more effective policy development.

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Studying Research Universities in the United States: Toward an American Political Economy-Inspired Approach

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    2025年

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  • Brendan Cantwell,
  • Julia Anderson,
  • Barrett J. Taylor

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This chapter challenges conventional narratives about research universities, highlighting their complexity and organizational heterogeneity. It calls for nuanced scholarship that accurately describes the roles and operations of research universities and proposes a scholarship inspired by the American Political Economy (APE) framework that was developed by political scientists. The chapter is structured into four sections. First, it reviews existing literature, emphasizing the overlooked relationship between research missions and other institutional missions. Second, it examines the status and definitional challenges of research universities, arguing that current categorizations are insufficient to capture their complexity. Third, it introduces the APE framework to analyze research universities, focusing on meta-political conditions that shape their operations. Finally, it applies the APE framework to assess equitable access policies in Arizona and Michigan, demonstrating the necessity of context-aware policy analysis. Ultimately, the chapter asserts that research universities are challenging to steer due to their complex decision-making environments and status-driven imperatives. It emphasizes that understanding these institutions requires attention to their specific socio-political contexts, guiding more effective policy development.