Evaluating the Impacts of “New” Performance Funding in Higher Education

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 501-519

  Hillman, Nicholas W ^a   Tandberg, David A ^b   Fryar, Alisa H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

higher education; performance funding; state policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949649618     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373714560224     Document Type: Article

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