Carrots or the Stick: Performance Budgeting for Colleges and Universities

By Henrik P. Minassians - EvoLLLution. Performance budgeting for public colleges and universities, which ties state support to institutional results, exhibits the conflicting characteristics of popularity and volatility. By the mid-1990s, we witnessed a shift in accountability in higher education institutions and public sector services, away from merely accounting for expenditures — a bean-counting mentality — to a serious attempt to measure results. More...