The process mechanism and implication of worldclass think tanks′ research results meeting governments′ educational decisionmaking needs: taking the case of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution in the United States
JIANG Guanli1, WEN Shaobao2
（1. College of Public Administration, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095；
2. School of Education, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China）
Abstract： Think tanks are playing increasingly important roles in helping governments to improve decisionmaking effectiveness, and it is increasingly urgent for think tanks to meet governments′ decisionmaking needs in the process of influencing government policymaking. The study constructs an analytical framework from the perspective of the policy structure and process, selects the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution in the United States as the case, and explores the operational process of worldclass think tanks′ research results meeting governments′ educational decisionmaking needs. The study finds that the think tank is actively involved in every stage of the government educational policymaking, and knowledge properties of research results in different stages are mainly manifested as the identification of policy issues, the design of policy solutions, the supervision of policy implementation and the feedback of policy opinions. At the same time, the think tank establishes interactive relationships with different policy participants and adopts corresponding action strategies to promote research results gain recognition and support from government decisionmakers in stages of issue identification and agendasetting, policy formation and adoption, and policy implementation and evaluation. Therefore, in order to promote the ability of Chinese think tanks′ research results to serve government educational decisionmaking, China should improve the supply and demand docking mechanism of educational research results, and carry out the benign docking work of supplying by demand traction and supply serving demand; strengthen interaction between think tanks and various parties, and encourage think tanks to adopt appropriate action strategies to ensure educational research results′ validity; establish and improve the diffusion mechanism of think tanks′ excellent educational research results, and enhance their policy influence.
[J]. 高校教育管理, 2021, 15(6): 91-103.
JIANG Guanli, WEN Shaobao. The process mechanism and implication of worldclass think tanks′ research results meeting governments′ educational decisionmaking needs: taking the case of the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution in the United States
. Journal of Higher Education Management, 2021, 15(6): 91-103.
2021, Vol. 15 
