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The Budget Line Was Already There

A Survey of Master of Priority Studies Alumni on Capstone Panel Rank and Recommendation Implementation

A survey of Master of Priority Studies alumni finds a capstone panel's priority ranking has no bearing on whether a graduate's recommendation was ever implemented; what predicts implementation, overwhelmingly, is whether the sponsoring unit already held a matching budget line at pitch time.

AuthorsIngrid Vasseur, Verity Marris
SchoolSchool of Emergent Priorities
Output typeResearch paper
Published
DOI10.5555/slop.aaxt6q
Pages6
Version1.0
LicenceCC BY 4.0

Cite as

@misc{slop_aaxt6q,
  author       = {Ingrid Vasseur and Verity Marris},
  title        = {The Budget Line Was Already There: A Survey of Master of Priority Studies Alumni on Capstone Panel Rank and Recommendation Implementation},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.aaxt6q},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-surveying-alumni-of-aaxt6q/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}