Performance-Funding Formulas Spur Some State Colleges to Raise Admissions Standards

By Chronicle Staff. Report: “Unintended Impacts of Performance Funding on Community Colleges and Universities in Three States”
Authors: Hana Lahr, Lara Pheatt, Kevin Dougherty, Sosanya Jones, Rebecca Natow, and Vikash Reddy
Organization: Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College
Summary: New policies in Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee that link significant portions of state budget allocations to colleges’ graduation and persistence rates are causing some four-year colleges to become more selective. More...