An Examination of the (Un)Intended Consequences of Performance Funding in Higher Education

Educational Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 643-673

  Umbricht, Mark R ^a   Fernandez, Frank ^a   Ortagus, Justin C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

government failure; higher education; IPEDS; performance funding; policy feedback effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020527486     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: 15523896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904815614398     Document Type: Article

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