Can Equity Be Bought? Five Components of a Smart Outcomes-Based Funding Policy
November 16, 2017 by Tiffany Jones While performance- or outcomes-based policies emerged in the late 1980s as an opportunity for colleges and universities to earn additional or bonus funding for improving student outcomes, they have evolved…
Can Equity Be Bought? Advocating for Equity Focused Performance Funding in Kentucky
November 15, 2017 by Tiffany Jones Policymakers in Kentucky, like other states across the nation, have an opportunity through the adoption of a performance based funding formula to encourage their colleges and universities to not only…
Can Equity Be Bought? Minority-Serving Institutions and Outcomes-Based Funding
November 14, 2017 by Amy Li, Denisa Gándara, Amanda Assalone Most performance- or outcomes-based funding (POBF) models seek to address accountability and not equity, so they do not always account for the additional resources that minority-serving institutions (MSIs) require to…
Can Equity Be Bought? HBCUs and Outcomes-Based Funding
November 13, 2017 by LaToya Russell Owens, Kayla C. Elliott Performance- or outcomes-based funding is intended to drive more equitable opportunities and outcomes in higher education. But in our research, we’ve found the opposite. Instead of diverting more money to…
Can Equity Be Bought? A Look at Outcomes-Based Funding in Higher Ed
November 06, 2017 by Tiffany Jones More than 30 states now have adopted or are in the process of adopting a formula that divvies out funding to public colleges and universities based on their outcomes for…