The Equity Implications of Paying for Performance in Higher Education

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 1757-1772

  Hillman, Nicholas ^a   Corral, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

higher education finance; minority serving institutions; performance based funding

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FINANCE; FUNDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; STUDENT;

EID: 85038373456     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764217744834     Document Type: Article

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