Exploring the Relationship Between Performance-Based Funding Design and Underrepresented Student Enrollment at Community Colleges

Community College Review

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 382-405

  Kelchen, Robert ^a  

^a SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; community colleges; equity; performance based funding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070408092     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: 19402325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552119865611     Document Type: Article

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