Performance funding in higher education: Do financial incentives impact college completions?

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 826-857

  Hillman, Nicholas W ^a   Tandberg, David A ^b   Gross, Jacob P K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Finance; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908483794     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: 15384640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2014.0031     Document Type: Article

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