Since the 1970s, federal and state policy-makers have become increasingly concerned with
improving higher education performance. In this quest, state performance funding for higher …

This systematic synthesis examines the intended and unintended consequences of
performance-based funding (PBF) policies in higher education. Within this synthesis, we …

What does it means to work toward racial equity in higher education in the 21st century?
This monograph answers just that with a synthesis of theory, research, and evidence that …

Concerns about performance and cost efficiency have taken center stage in discussions
about the funding and oversight of public universities in recent years. One of the primary …

The first nation-wide analysis of the politics of performance funding in higher education.
Performance funding ties state support of colleges and universities directly to institutional …

This chapter examines the condition of equity in the financing of community colleges in the
United States, conceptualizing equity in resource distribution and in opportunities for civic …

Objective: Performance funding (PF) policies allocate a portion of state funding to colleges
based on student outcomes. This study is the first to account for policy type and design …

Performance funding is an increasingly prevalent policy state officials use to allocate a
portion of state funds to public colleges and universities. Researchers have begun to …

State-level performance-based funding (PBF) policies are an increasingly common way to
allocate funds to public colleges and universities. While a growing body of research has …

Many undergraduates leave college without completing a degree or credential. Some
researchers characterize this as a waste of the student's time because (they assert) college …