Performance Funding for Higher Education: What Are the Mechanisms? What Are the Impacts? : ASHE Higher Education Report, 39:2

After First Appearing In 1979 In Tennessee, Performance Fundingfor Higher Education Went On To Be Adopted By Another 26 States.this Monograph Reviews Research On A Multitude Of States To Addressthese Questions: • What Impacts Does Performance Funding Have Oninstitutional Practices And, Ultimately, Student Outcomes? • What Obstacles And Unintended Effects Do Performancefunding Encounter? This Monograph Finds Considerable Impacts On Institutionalpractices, Weak Impacts On Student Outcomes, Substantial Obstacles,and Sizable Unintended Impacts. Given This, The Monograph Closeswith A Discussion Of The Implications For Future Research And Forpublic Policymaking On Performance Funding. This Is The 2nd Issue Of The 39th Volume Of The Jossey-bassseries Ashe Higher Education Report. Each Monograph Is Thedefinitive Analysis Of A Tough Higher Education Issue, Based Onthorough Research Of Pertinent Literature And Institutionalexperiences. Topics Are Identified By A National Survey. Notedpractitioners And Scholars Are Then Commissioned To Write Thereports, With Experts Providing Critical Reviews Of Each Manuscriptbefore Publication.