When intuition misfires: A meta-analysis of research on performance-based funding in higher education

Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 108-124

  Bell, Elizabeth ^a   Fryar, Alisa Hicklin ^a   Hillman, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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