Performance Based Funding - A Review of Five States
American Association of Community Colleges
August 23, 1999
Increased costs along with decreased state resources have resulted in public demands that colleges and universities make efforts to ensure greater quality, productivity, and effectiveness of their institutions. Colleges and universities are being asked to be more responsive to state concerns and to be publicly accountable to their constituencies that include students, parents, employers and the general public. Some states have adopted and implemented performance measures to respond to these accountability demands.
Below are reviews of five states performance funding plans.
