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Dougherty, Kevin J.; Natow, Rebecca S. – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
Performance funding in higher education ties state funding directly to institutional performance on specific indicators, such as rates of retention, graduation, and job placement. One of the great puzzles about performance funding is that it has been both popular and unstable. Between 1979 and 2007, 26 states enacted it, but 14 of those states…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Job Placement, School Business Relationship, State Government
Dougherty, Kevin J.; Reid, Monica – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2006
This report provides an audit of state policies in Connecticut affecting access to, and success in, community colleges for students of color and low-income students. It was commissioned by Lumina Foundation for Education as part of a series of policy audits of the states involved in Achieving the Dream. Lumina Foundation is the primary funder of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ethnic Groups, Whites, State Agencies
Dougherty, Kevin J.; Marshall, James; Soonachan, Andrea – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2006
This report provides an audit of state policies in Ohio affecting access to, and success in, community colleges for students of color and low-income students. It was commissioned by Lumina Foundation for Education as part of a series of policy audits of the states involved in Achieving the Dream. Lumina Foundation is the primary funder of the…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Educational Policy, Access to Education, Low Income Groups