State higher education governing agencies in the United States are uniquely positioned between the state government and public postsecondary sector. However, few studies have considered how this organizational characteristic influences these agencies’ role in the policy process. The current study seeks to contribute to this gap in the literature by investigating the use of information in the policy process and the potential role of statewide agencies as knowledge brokers. Through an examination of the state higher education governing agencies in Georgia, Tennessee, and Texas, findings highlight the influence of these organizations’ multi-facing position on the supply and demand of information regarding statewide college completion-related policies. Grounded by principal–agent theory, this analysis also contributes an emergent conceptual framework of the information flow process around state-level higher education policymaking in the United States.

美国的州高等教育管理机构在州政府和公共高等教育部门之间处于独特的地位。然而，很少有研究考虑这种组织特征如何影响这些机构在政策过程中的作用。目前的研究试图通过调查信息在政策过程中的使用以及全州机构作为知识经纪人的潜在作用来弥补文献中的这一空白。通过对佐治亚州、田纳西州和德克萨斯州的州高等教育管理机构的检查，调查结果突出了这些组织的多面立场对全州大学毕业相关政策信息的供求的影响。以委托代理理论为基础，