Mitigating Unintended Impacts? The Effects of Premiums for Underserved Populations in Performance-Funding Policies for Higher Education

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 681-703

  Gándara, Denisa ^a   Rutherford, Amanda ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College access; Finance; Higher education; Outcomes based funding; Performance funding; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032688134     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: 1573188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-017-9483-x     Document Type: Article

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