Evaluating Impacts of Performance Funding Policies on Student Outcomes in Higher Education

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 655, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-208

  Rutherford, Amanda ^a   Rabovsky, Thomas ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; governance; performance funding; policy effectiveness; student outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907164758     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716214541048     Document Type: Article

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