Looking Inside the Black Box of Performance Funding for Higher Education: Policy Instruments, Organizational Obstacles, and Intended and Unintended Impacts

Kevin J. Dougherty; Sosanya M. Jones; Hana Lahr; Rebecca S. Natow; Lara Pheatt; Vikash Reddy

doi:10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.07

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vol. 2 no. 1 147-173

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.07

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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

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2377-8253

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2377-8261

History

Published online April 1, 2016.

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Author Information

Kevin J. Dougherty^a,
Sosanya M. Jones^b,
Hana Lahr^c,
Rebecca S. Natow^d,
Lara Pheatt^e and
Vikash Reddy^e

^aAssociate professor of education policy and senior research associate at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University
^bAssistant professor of qualitative research methods and higher education at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
^cDoctoral student in education policy and research associate at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University
^dSenior research associate at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University
^eDoctoral student in politics and education and research associate at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College

Corresponding authors:
Kevin J. Dougherty, (dougherty{at}tc.edu); Sosanya M. Jones, (smjones{at}siu.edu); Hana Lahr, (hel2112{at}tc.columbia.edu); Rebecca S. Natow, (rebeccanatow{at}yahoo.com); Lara Pheatt, (lep2148{at}tc.columbia.edu); Vikash Reddy, (vtr2107{at}tc.columbia.edu)

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