A Historical Mission in the Accountability Era: A Public HBCU and State Performance Funding

Educational Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 999-1041

  Jones, Tiffany ^a  

^a Southern Education Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; equity; higher education policy; historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs); state policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991577880     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: 15523896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904815586852     Document Type: Article

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