State higher education performance funding for community colleges: Diverse effects and policy implications

Teachers College Record

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Tandberg, David A ^a   Hillman, Nichola ^b   Barakat, Mohamed ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84919772039     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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