{"product_id":"the-politics-of-performance-funding-for-higher-education-9781421416908","title":"The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAimed at educators, sociologists, political scientists, and policy makers, this book will be hailed as the definitive assessment of the origins and evolution of performance funding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 'definitive assessment' of performance funding in higher education... Council of Independent Colleges Newsletter An in-depth study of an important topic...enlightening and very thorough. Comparative Education Review The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education: Origins, Discontinuations, and Transformations is the most comprehensive volume on the current state of performance funding in higher education. Contemporary Sociology The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education clearly articulates the origins, implications, and life cycles of performance-based funding as a complex function of higher education finance that is here to stay. Teachers College Record\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003eConundrums of Performance Funding\u003cbr\u003eResearch Questions and a Preview of Methods and Perspectives\u003cbr\u003eChapter Contents and Preview of Findings\u003cbr\u003e2. Putting U.S. Performance Funding in Context\u003cbr\u003eConceptualizing Accountability\u003cbr\u003eAccountability to State Government\u003cbr\u003eState Finance of Higher Education as Accountability\u003cbr\u003eThe Use of Performance Outcomes in State Funding\u003cbr\u003eContextualizing U.S. Performance Funding\u003cbr\u003eSummary and Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e3. The Varying Trajectories of Higher Education Performance Funding Programs\u003cbr\u003eHow Many States Have Adopted Performance Funding?\u003cbr\u003eTwo Waves of Performance Funding Adoption\u003cbr\u003eDifferent Stages of Performance Funding\u003cbr\u003eVarying Trajectories of Performance Funding\u003cbr\u003eSynopses of the Performance Funding Programs in Our Eight States\u003cbr\u003eSummary and Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e4. Origins of the First Wave of State Performance Funding Adoptions with Rachel Hare Bork, Sosanya M. Jones, and Blanca E. Vega\u003cbr\u003eExplaining the Rise of State Performance Funding\u003cbr\u003eTheoretical Perspectives\u003cbr\u003eResearch Methods\u003cbr\u003eBroad-Based Social Forces Giving Rise to Performance Funding\u003cbr\u003eSupporters of Performance Funding and Their Motives\u003cbr\u003eOpponents and Their Beliefs\u003cbr\u003eCoalition Formation\u003cbr\u003eIdentification of Policy Solutions\u003cbr\u003eAgenda Setting\u003cbr\u003eSummary and Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e5. Incremental Change in Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee\u003cbr\u003eSelection of Cases and Interviews\u003cbr\u003eTheoretical Framework\u003cbr\u003eIncremental Change in Funding Levels for Performance Funding\u003cbr\u003eIncremental Change in Performance Indicators\u003cbr\u003eSummary and Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e6. Performance Funding Discontinued\u003cbr\u003eResearch and Theoretical Perspectives\u003cbr\u003eFactors Contributing to Performance Funding Program Discontinuation\u003cbr\u003eRisk Factors for Performance Funding Discontinuation\u003cbr\u003eSummary and Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e7. Origins of the Second Wave of Performance Funding Adoptions with Sosanya M. Jones, Hana Lahr, Lara Pheatt, and Vikash Reddy\u003cbr\u003eObjectives and Theoretical Perspectives\u003cbr\u003eResearch Methods and Data Sources\u003cbr\u003eBroad-Based Social Forces Giving Rise to the Wave 2 Programs\u003cbr\u003eAdvocacy Coalitions Supporting Performance Funding\u003cbr\u003eMuted Opposition\u003cbr\u003eFormation of the Supporting Coalitions\u003cbr\u003eIdentification of Policy Solutions\u003cbr\u003ePolicy Windows Opening the Way for PF 2.0\u003cbr\u003eSimilarities and Differences in the Origins of Wave 1 and 2 Programs\u003cbr\u003eSummary and Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e8. Summary and Conclusions\u003cbr\u003eSummary of Findings\u003cbr\u003eResearch and Theory Implications\u003cbr\u003eWhat Is the Likely Future of Performance Funding?\u003cbr\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003eResearch Questions\u003cbr\u003eTheoretical Perspectives\u003cbr\u003eResearch Methods\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408116228439,"sku":"9781421416908","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421416908.jpg?v=1730501644","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-performance-funding-for-higher-education-9781421416908","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}