An Analysis of Organizational Mortality: The Case of Charter Schools from 1995-2002

组织死亡率分析：1995-2002 年特许学校案例

• 批准号: 0924740
• 负责人: Linda Renzulli
• 金额: $ 26.01万
• 依托单位: University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-01-01 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0924740&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Analysis; Organizational; Mortality; Case; Charter

In recent years, a substantial body of research has examined the establishment and growth of charter schools, which are considered by many to be an important in education. Despite the increasing popularity of this new organizational form, approximately twelve percent of charter schools have shut their doors since they were first authorized 1991, dramatically disrupting the educational pathways of a significant number of students. Due to the relative youth of charter schools and lack of national data, however, researchers do not yet know what causes charter schools to close. This study examines the causes of charter school closure in the United States. The project will produce the first comprehensive national data set about charter schools and will use it to examine the patterns and determinants of charter school closure over time. More generally, the project will shed light on the question of organizational mortality, the extent to which failures may result from market accountability, organizational dynamics, or demographic factors related to distribution of key institutional resources. In addition, the study will provide an in-depth analysis of how innovation can affect the likelihood of organizational failure or success, primarily in the educational marketplace but with implications beyond.The new information this project will provide about charter school closures will help policy makers assess the performance of charter schools and create improve and standardized guidelines that promote school stability and accountability. The findings of this study will also help advance knowledge and understanding within the study of organizations, education, and sociology. Finally, it will provide the research community with the first comprehensive, national, longitudinal database of charter schools.

近年来，大量的研究考察了特许学校的建立和发展，许多人认为特许学校是教育的重要组成部分。尽管这种新的组织形式越来越受欢迎，但自1991年首次获得授权以来，大约有12%的特许学校已经关闭了大门，极大地扰乱了大量学生的教育途径。 然而，由于特许学校相对年轻，而且缺乏全国性的数据，研究人员还不知道是什么原因导致特许学校关闭。 本研究探讨了美国特许学校关闭的原因。该项目将产生关于特许学校的第一个全面的国家数据集，并将利用它来研究特许学校随着时间的推移关闭的模式和决定因素。更一般地说，该项目将阐明组织死亡率的问题，失败可能导致市场问责制的程度，组织动态，或人口因素与关键机构资源的分配。 此外，该研究将深入分析创新如何影响组织失败或成功的可能性，主要是在教育市场，但其影响超出了。该项目将提供有关特许学校关闭的新信息，这将有助于政策制定者评估特许学校的表现，并创建改进和标准化的指导方针，促进学校的稳定性和问责制。这项研究的结果也将有助于推进组织，教育和社会学研究中的知识和理解。 最后，它将为研究界提供第一个全面的、全国性的、纵向的特许学校数据库。