Military Preparedness, Educational Policy Isomorphism: An Examination of Convergence Between Presidential Oratory and Educational Policy

The Dissertation of: Riste Simnjanovski University of La Verne. 2010. (unabridged) The purpose of this dissertation was to examine the ongoing policy isomorphism between military doctrine and American education policy at the federal level. The study examined six educational policy epochs after identified American conflict periods. Presidential speeches were examined to calculate the frequency of military terminology and education terminology during conflict periods.