Performance Funding for Higher Education

Since the 1970s, federal and state policy-makers have become increasingly concerned with improving higher education performance. In this quest, state performance funding for higher education has become widely used. As of June 2014, twenty-six states were operating performance funding programs and four more have programs awaiting implementation. This article reviews the forms, extent, origins, implementation, impacts (intended and unintended), and policy prospects of performance funding. Performance funding has become quite widespread with formidable political support, yet it has also experienced considerable implementation vicissitudes, with many programs being discontinued and even those that have survived encountering substantial obstacles and unintended impacts. Although evidence suggests that performance funding does stimulate colleges and universities to substantially change their policies and practices, it is yet unclear whether performance funding improves student outcomes. The article concludes by advancing policy recommendations for addressing the implementation obstacles and unintended side effects associated with performance funding.

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Three Approaches to Competing for Global Talent

Global Perspectives and Local Challenges Surrounding International Student Mobility - Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9746-1.ch007 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 114-135 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yulia Shumilova ◽

Yuzhuo Cai

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

International Students ◽

Student Mobility ◽

Policy Recommendations ◽

Anglo Saxon ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Good Practices ◽

Internationalization Strategies ◽

Higher Education Internationalization

Although there is a growing awareness that international students are an important source of potential global talent, few studies have tried to relate the issue of student mobility to that of competition for global talent. This chapter is an effort to fill the gap. Particularly, it is aimed to conceptualize the major approaches to attracting and retaining global talents with respect to the role of higher education institutions. We have observed and characterized three models of attracting global talent, namely the Anglo-Saxon model, Emerging economies model and Continental Europe/Nordic model. The challenges and the good practices reflected in each model along with policy recommendations will help the policy makers and practitioners take a broader view on their higher education internationalization strategies.

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Performance Funding of United States' Public Higher Education

Handbook of Research on Administration, Policy, and Leadership in Higher Education - Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0672-0.ch019 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 496-517

Author(s):

Mark M. Polatajko ◽

Catherine H. Monaghan

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

United States ◽

Retention Rate ◽

The United States ◽

Performance Funding ◽

State Funding ◽

Rate Of Change ◽

Retention Rates ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Economic Progress

Policy makers around the globe are responsible for decision regarding the funding of higher education and the benchmarks of success. This chapter is geared toward higher education administration and leadership, especially those who shape policy in this arena. This quantitative study examined the effectiveness in the United States of allocating state resources to state public institutions of higher education by investigating the rate of change in the current benchmarks of success, which are graduation and retention rates. The findings revealed that the method of funding was not a statistically significant predictor of either the initial status or the rate of change of graduation rate or retention rate over the eight-year period, although institution type and enrollment were. The study recommends further research of performance funding outcomes, state funding levels, and other environmental factors as a means of helping administrators and policy makers in their quest to facilitate economic progress through an educated citizenry.

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Beyond Performance Indicators: Reforming Higher Education Evaluation Systems to Promote Improvement

International Journal of Chinese Education ◽

10.1163/22125868-12340105 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 60-72

Author(s):

Alexander C. McCormick

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Performance Indicators ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Socioeconomic Outcomes ◽

Evaluation Systems ◽

Nation States ◽

Higher Education Attainment ◽

Education Performance ◽

The Cost ◽

University Quality

Abstract As higher education attainment has become increasingly essential for both individual socioeconomic outcomes and the economic competitiveness of nation-states, and as the cost of financing the higher education enterprise continues to rise, university quality has become an urgent concern for students, families, and policy makers around the globe. The widespread interest in assessing university quality manifests itself in the rise of global rankings (Hazelkorn, 2015) and the increasing use of so-called performance indicators by government agencies. This paper focuses on the latter phenomenon. The first part of the paper examines the benefits and limitations of higher education performance indicators as conventionally implemented, and the second part advances a set of suggestions to address these shortcomings by adapting performance systems to represent and incentivize evidence-informed improvement efforts.

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The ‘Modernisation’ of Scotland and its Impact on Glasgow, 1955–1979: ‘Unwanted Side Effects’ and Vulnerabilities

Scottish Affairs ◽

10.3366/scot.2016.0137 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 294-316 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Chik Collins ◽

Ian Levitt

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Government Policy ◽

Regional Policy ◽

Excess Mortality ◽

Policy Agenda ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Uk Government ◽

1960S And 1970S ◽

The 1960S ◽

The Impact

This article reports findings of research into the far-reaching plan to ‘modernise’ the Scottish economy, which emerged from the mid-late 1950s and was formally adopted by government in the early 1960s. It shows the growing awareness amongst policy-makers from the mid-1960s as to the profoundly deleterious effects the implementation of the plan was having on Glasgow. By 1971 these effects were understood to be substantial with likely severe consequences for the future. Nonetheless, there was no proportionate adjustment to the regional policy which was creating these understood ‘unwanted’ outcomes, even when such was proposed by the Secretary of State for Scotland. After presenting these findings, the paper offers some consideration as to their relevance to the task of accounting for Glasgow's ‘excess mortality’. It is suggested that regional policy can be seen to have contributed to the accumulation of ‘vulnerabilities’, particularly in Glasgow but also more widely in Scotland, during the 1960s and 1970s, and that the impact of the post-1979 UK government policy agenda on these vulnerabilities is likely to have been salient in the increase in ‘excess mortality’ evident in subsequent years.

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Pengelolaan Data Terintegrasi Berdasarkan Instrumen Akreditasi Perguruan Tinggi 3.0 Menggunakan Zachman Framework

Jurnal RESTI (Rekayasa Sistem dan Teknologi Informasi) ◽

10.29207/resti.v4i6.2540 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Ardhin Primadewi ◽

Mukhtar Hanafi

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Self Evaluation ◽

The Core ◽

Depth Analysis ◽

Performance Report ◽

Total Data ◽

Zachman Framework ◽

The Government ◽

Data Gap ◽

Education Performance

Higher education in Indonesia is regulated by the government with the Higher Education Accreditation (APT). In APT 3.0, Higher Education is required to be able to present performance data in the form of a Higher Education Performance Report (LKPT) as a reference in making a Self-Evaluation Report (LED). However, it is necessary to have an in-depth analysis to determine the gaps in the data required by Higher Education according to the APT 3.0 standard. The process of integrating the samples refer to the Zachman Framework (ZF). The results of this simplification that the data is available in support of APT 3.0 approximately 79% of the total data both inside and outside the core business of Higher Education and is well managed in an integrated database. The remaining 21% of the data that are not available is spread across several information systems, especially SIMMawa, SIMHumas and Cooperation, and SIMAKU. This shows that the change in accreditation standards that have been in effect since April 2019 has created a significant data gap for Higher Education. This research also produced an alternative model of integrated data management that can be used as input for Information System developers in the Higher Education scope.

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EXPRESS: “Get a £10 Free Bet Every Week!” – Gambling Advertising on Twitter: Volume, Content, Followers, Engagement and Regulatory Compliance

Journal of Public Policy & Marketing ◽

10.1177/0743915621999674 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 074391562199967

Author(s):

Raffaello Rossi ◽

Agnes Nairn ◽

Josh Smith ◽

Christopher Inskip

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Big Data ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Volume Content ◽

Data Analytics ◽

Big Data Analytics ◽

Regulatory Compliance ◽

The Internet ◽

Policy Recommendations ◽

Policy Makers

The internet raises substantial challenges for policy makers in regulating gambling harm. The proliferation of gambling advertising on Twitter is one such challenge. However, the sheer scale renders it extremely hard to investigate using conventional techniques. In this paper the authors present three UK Twitter gambling advertising studies using both Big Data analytics and manual content analysis to explore the volume and content of gambling adverts, the age and engagement of followers, and compliance with UK advertising regulations. They analyse 890k organic adverts from 417 accounts along with data on 620k followers and 457k engagements (replies and retweets). They find that around 41,000 UK children follow Twitter gambling accounts, and that two-thirds of gambling advertising Tweets fail to fully comply with regulations. Adverts for eSports gambling are markedly different from those for traditional gambling (e.g. on soccer, casinos and lotteries) and appear to have strong appeal for children, with 28% of engagements with eSports gambling ads from under 16s. The authors make six policy recommendations: spotlight eSports gambling advertising; create new social-media-specific regulations; revise regulation on content appealing to children; use technology to block under-18s from seeing gambling ads; require ad-labelling of organic gambling Tweets; and deploy better enforcement.

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“Play with me”: Student perspectives on collaborative chamber music instruction

Research Studies in Music Education ◽

10.1177/1321103x20974804 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1321103X2097480

Author(s):

Katie Zhukov ◽

Jon Helge Sætre

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Chamber Music ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Pilot Project ◽

Music Instruction ◽

Student Focus ◽

Music Community ◽

Viable Approach ◽

Education Performance ◽

The Impact

This article reports on a pilot project conducted in Australia and Norway evaluating new approaches to collaborative chamber music instruction in higher education settings. Following suggestions from the literature on collaborative and group learning in music, chamber music tuition was chosen as a suitable context to examine the possibility of teaching-through-playing and the impact of such an approach on students’ collaborative learning and their induction into the professional music community. Two groups of staff and students in each institution volunteered to participate in the project and implemented their own rehearsal schedule. Student focus group interviews were conducted after the final performance of rehearsed repertoire, and transcripts were analyzed by two researchers independently for the emerging themes and refined through iterative discussions. Key findings include students being inspired by working with experienced staff in a professional setting, learning the skills of ensemble playing such as effective rehearsal techniques, understanding of stylistic conventions, specific technical, musical and co-ordination skills, greater experimentation, positive impact of group discussions, and a more collaborative atmosphere. Students found it challenging to alter power roles, as the ingrained attitudes of teacher-led approaches prevailed. This project has shown that teaching-through-playing chamber music is a viable approach for developing students’ musical and social skills by providing them with authentic professional experiences. We propose an alternative model of higher education performance teaching that is more collaborative and participatory.

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Snapshot of the pharmaceutical promotional literature of Bangladesh: A critical review

Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology ◽

10.3329/bjp.v13i3.36752 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 214 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fatema Johora ◽

Md. Sayedur Rahman

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Critical Review ◽

Regulatory Body ◽

Reference Book ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Product Monograph ◽

Pharmaceutical Promotion ◽

Online Sources

The present research was conducted to evaluate the quality of pharmaceutical promotional literature. Indications was mentioned in 88.2% promotional literature and less than half (40.0, 33.9 and 38.9%) of these contains side effects, precautions and contraindications respectively. Among the provided information 67.3%, 16.5%, 19.5% and 24.0% matched with the BDNF/BNF respectively. Scientific articles (73.3%) were cited most followed by commercial online sources (15.5%), data on file (4.2%), regulatory body approval data (2.9%), product monograph (2.7%) and textbook/reference book (1.6%). Only half (50.2%) of these cited references were retrievable and no ‘data on file’ could be retrieved. Though most (73.2%) of the promotional claims were true, 13.7, 5.9, 4.6 and 2.6% were identified as false, exaggerated, ambiguous and controversial respectively. This revelation about the quality of promotional literature might an eye opener for the policy makers. More importantly, this may bring alertness among the physicians during interpretation of pharmaceutical promotion literature.

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Exploring new learning paradigms in ODL: A reflection on the paper of Barber, Donnelly and Rizvi (2013): “An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead”.

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning ◽

10.19173/irrodl.v16i4.1952 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Tom H Brown

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Learning Strategies ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Learning Opportunities ◽

Learning Theories ◽

Learning Approaches ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽

The Impact ◽

The Revolution

The paper of Barber, Donnelly & Rizvi (2013): “An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead” addresses some significant issues in higher education and poses some challenging questions to ODL (Open and Distance Learning) administrators, policy makers and of course to ODL faculty in general. Barber et al.’s paper does not specifically address the area of teaching and learning theories, strategies and methodologies per se. In this paper I would therefore like to reflect on the impact that the contemporary changes and challenges that Barber et al. describes, have on teaching and learning approaches and paradigms. In doing so I draw on earlier work about future learning paradigms and navigationism (Brown, 2006). We need a fresh approach and new skills to survive the revolution ahead. We need to rethink our teaching and learning strategies to be able to provide meaningful learning opportunities in the future that lies ahead.

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