Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance

Century Foundation Says States Are Wrong to Tie Higher Education Funding to Performance

The Century Foundation says the performance-based funding model is reinforcing disparities within public higher education and is doing little to move the needle on completion.

Facing budget constraints and demand for greater accountability in higher education, states are tying public college and university funding to the schools’ ability to retain and graduate students.

But a new paper from the Century Foundation argues that such performance-based funding models are reinforcing disparities within public higher education and doing little to move the needle on completion...