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From Policy Design to Campus: Implementation of a Tuition Decentralization Policy Michael S. Harris University of Alabama Citation: Harris, M. S. (2007). From policy design to campus: Implementation of a tuition decentralization policy. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 15(16). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v15n16/. Abstract This study analyzes the implementation of a tuition decentralization policy in North Carolina. Concepts of organizational culture served as a guiding framework for an interpretive analysis. Qualitative case study data for the research was collected from interviews with key policy makers within the University of North Carolina as well as an extensive collection of documents. The findings demonstrate the importance of shared norms and beliefs in achieving successful policy implementation through a case study where incongruence of stakeholder values, beliefs, and goals created institutional conflict. Keywords: higher education; policy analysis; qualitative research De los diseños de políticas al campus: La implementación de una política de descentralización de matriculas Resumen Este estudio analiza la implementación de una política de descentralización de matricula en Carolina del Norte. Conceptos de cultura organizacional sirvieron como marco orientador y guía de una análisis interpretativo. Este trabajo es un estudio de caso cualitativo, que utilizando datos obtenidos en entrevistas con tomadores de decisiones políticas, así como de la revisión y análisis de documentos relevantes. Los resultados demuestran la importancia de compartir normas y creencias para una implementación exitosa, mientras que la incongruencia de valores, creencia y objetivos entre los actores crea conflicto institucional. Palabras clave: educación superior, análisis de políticas, investigación cualitativa Access this article in PDF format.   Readers are free to copy, display, and distribute this abstract and the associated article, as long as the work is attributed to the author(s) and Education Policy Analysis Archives, it is distributed for non-commercial purposes only, and no alteration or transformation is made in the work. All other uses must be approved by the author(s) or EPAA. EPAA is published jointly by the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education at Arizona State University and the College of Education at the University of South Florida. Articles are indexed by H.W. Wilson & Co. Please contribute commentary at http://epaa.info/wordpress/ and send errata notes to Sherman Dorn (epaa-editor@shermandorn.com).