Performance Funding in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Tennessee’s Experience
| Title: | Performance Funding in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Tennessee’s Experience |
| Author: | Banta, Trudy W. (editor) Ewell, Peter T. |
| Date: | 1986 |
| Catalog #: | 2BA371 |
| Price: | $ 12.95 |
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| Description: |
In 1986 there was a growing trend nationwide to use state authority to promote high-quality education through incentive funding and institutional-assessment processes. This book chronicles the changes set in motion at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as a result of a performance funding initiated by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. From this case study, the authors draw implications for program evaluation, student assessment, and planning and resource allocation in other colleges and universities. The contributors to this book discuss a variety of ways to measure outcomes of instructional programs. They use their findings to suggest improvements in academic and professional programs. This book addresses the following questions: • What are national trends regarding quality and accountability in higher education? • What are the best ways to meet the criteria of a performance-funding program? • How can information about program effectiveness be integrated into ongoing institutional decisionmaking procedures? • How can such information be used to strengthen budgeting and resource allocation? • How can student performance outcomes best be measured/assessed in areas such as achievement in the major field, general education, and student perceptions of program quality and program-review processes? • How does accreditation relate to performance funding? • What lessons can other institutions learn from the Tennessee experience? |