Performance-based funding (PBF) for public colleges and universities is increasingly prevalent worldwide, as a part of a broader pattern of marketisation in public education. This study focused on developing an empirical view of how, and in what contexts, policy makers use the concepts of neoliberal economics to design and support PerformanceBased…

The article explores whether, and to what extent, several trends that have taken place in most higher education systems in the last few decades--such as massification, privatization, increased competition for students and for research funds--stimulate more diversity between institutions. This question is widely debated, both empirically and…