A State Transforms Colleges with "Performance Funding.".

Schmidt, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ588162

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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A State Transforms Colleges with "Performance Funding."

Schmidt, Peter

Chronicle of Higher Education, v45 n43 pA26-A28 Jul 2 1999

South Carolina has instituted a system of accountability linked to funding for its public colleges; it includes six measures of faculty, six measures of graduate preparedness to succeed, and five measures of instructional quality. The practice has transformed the way the institution operates, but some educators question the fairness and objectivity of the new system. (MSE)

Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Public Colleges, Public Policy, Resource Allocation, State Aid

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Carolina

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