Financing Public Universities The Case of Performance Funding /

• Main Author: Herbst, Marcel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2007.
• Series: HIGHER EDUCATION DYNAMICS, 18
• Subjects: Education.; Political science.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Higher education.; Public finance.; Social policy.; Higher Education.; Public Economics.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Political Science.; Social Policy.

"Financing Public Universities" addresses newer practices of resource allocation which tie funding to indicators of performance. The gist of these efforts is to raise the quality of institutional systems. Performance-based budgeting and funding of public universities is part of broader eff...

Table of Contents:

• Executive Summary
• Foreword
• 1. Introduction
• 2 Mass Higher Education and Funding Bases
• 3 Public Management Reform Debate
• 4 Performance-based Budgeting or Funding
• 5 Alternative Governance and Management Modes
• 6 Inertia and Challenges
• Appendix A: Background Information
• Appendix B: Technical Notes
• Appendix C: The Atlantic Split
• Appendix D: Examples of Funding Systems
• References
• Index.