FROM COORDINATING BOARD TO CAMPUS - IMPLEMENTATION OF A POLICY MANDATE ON REMEDIAL-EDUCATION

Analyzing three institutions' implementation of a state policy on reme dial instruction, this study demonstrates how institutional actors asc ribed sense to the goals, assumptions, and expectations of the policy and reconciled them with cultural aspects of their organizations. The policy served as a symbol of the goals and roles of the institutions. Thus, even given relatively easy policy application, implementation to ok on unique dimensions at each institution.