The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education: Origins, Discontinuations, and Transformations
Kevin J. Dougherty
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Description for The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education: Origins, Discontinuations, and Transformations
Hardback. Aimed at educators, sociologists, political scientists, and policy makers, this book will be hailed as the definitive assessment of the origins and evolution of performance funding. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Performance funding ties state support of colleges and universities directly to institutional performance on specific outcomes, including retention, number of credits accrued, graduation, and job placement. The theory is that introducing market-like forces will prod institutions to become more efficient and effective. In The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education, Kevin J. Dougherty and Rebecca S. Natow explore the sometimes puzzling evolution of this mode of funding higher education. Drawing on an eight-state study of performance funding in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington, Dougherty and Natow shed light on the social and political factors ... Read more
Performance funding ties state support of colleges and universities directly to institutional performance on specific outcomes, including retention, number of credits accrued, graduation, and job placement. The theory is that introducing market-like forces will prod institutions to become more efficient and effective. In The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education, Kevin J. Dougherty and Rebecca S. Natow explore the sometimes puzzling evolution of this mode of funding higher education. Drawing on an eight-state study of performance funding in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington, Dougherty and Natow shed light on the social and political factors ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421416908
SKU
V9781421416908
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About Kevin J. Dougherty
Kevin J. Dougherty is an associate professor at Teachers College, Columbia University and a senior research associate at the Community College Research Center. He is the author of The Contradictory College: The Conflicting Origins, Impacts, and Futures of the Community College. Rebecca S. Natow is a postdoctoral research associate with the Community College Research Center at Teachers College.
Reviews for The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education: Origins, Discontinuations, and Transformations
The 'definitive assessment' of performance funding in higher education... Council of Independent Colleges Newsletter An in-depth study of an important topic...enlightening and very thorough. Comparative Education Review The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education: Origins, Discontinuations, and Transformations is the most comprehensive volume on the current state of performance funding in higher education. Contemporary Sociology The Politics of Performance ... Read more