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An Analysis of Performance-based Funding Policies at an Open Access Institution

Author : John Brady
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book An Analysis of Performance-based Funding Policies at an Open Access Institution written by John Brady and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance-based funding policies have become popular among state legislators seeking ways to hold public higher education institutions accountable. Approximately 30 states currently use performance-based funding policies to tie state appropriations to institutional outcomes according to a defined set of metrics. Despite the popularity of the policy approach, very little empirical evidence exists to suggest that performance-based funding is effective in producing the often-intended outcomes of increased student retention and degree attainment rates. Numerous studies have indicated that these policies may produce unintended outcomes including the restriction of access, the gaming of performance-based funding systems, and the widening of equity gaps. This quantitative study employed an independent t test assuming unequal variances to investigate the effectiveness of performance-based funding policies on student retention by comparing the retention rates of full-time, first-time-in-college (FTIC) students by race, gender, and Pell grant eligibility for the four years following the implementation of these policies at a single Florida College System institution. This study also sought to determine if differences exist among enrollment rates for these same variables following the implementation of performance-based funding policies. Though findings were mixed, results revealed that in most cases there were statistically significant differences among the retention and enrollment rates across the variables of race, gender, and Pell Grant-eligibility for the sample of fulltime FTIC students following the implementation of PBF policies. Based on the study findings, policy recommendations are proposed to enhance the effectiveness of the performance-based funding policies for the Florida College System.

Performance Funding for Higher Education

Author : Kevin J. Dougherty
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 142142083X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Performance Funding for Higher Education written by Kevin J. Dougherty and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ultimately, the authors recommend that states create new ways of helping colleges with many at-risk students, define performance indicators and measures better tailored to institutional missions, and improve the capacity of colleges to engage in organizational learning.

Constructing "winners and Losers"

Author : Denisa Gandara
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Constructing "winners and Losers" written by Denisa Gandara and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, numerous state-level policies intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of higher education have emerged and, in some cases, re-emerged. One such policy that has gained traction in states is performance-based funding--a method of tying state funding for public higher education institutions directly to institutions' performance on pre-specified metrics. This approach represents a departure from the traditional, input-based method of allocating state funds to public colleges and universities, which has historically relied on enrollment counts. Grounded in a theory of policy design that draws attention to the value-laden elements of the policy process, this study examined performance funding policy design, both policy design content and process, in two states: Colorado and Texas. For the analysis, this study employed a multiple case study research design and drew on interviews with 34 policy actors, over a dozen observations of legislative and state higher education agency proceedings, and over 300 documents. Findings from this study indicate that performance funding model designs are overwhelmingly a function of higher education institutions' self-interest, particularly in contexts where institutional representatives have substantial authority over the model design process. The social construction of certain students (e.g., ethnic minority students) as deserving or undeserving of policy benefits also contributes to model designs. Finally, institutional representatives' political power resources are directly associated with the distribution of benefits or burdens to their institution. By deconstructing performance funding policy designs to their constituent parts, this study focused on how and why, given myriad options for performance funding policy designs, certain policy elements were chosen instead of others. This analysis of designs is especially critical given evidence that costly failures in some instances of performance funding may be attributed to poor design, including the use of inappropriate metrics. Moreover, by drawing on a theory of policy design previously unintroduced to the higher education literature and extending the performance funding research base, this study made a number of conceptual and practical contributions, including identifying important considerations for performance funding policy evaluations and for funding model design.

Performance-based Funding for Public Research in Tertiary Education Institutions Workshop Proceedings

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 926409461X
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Performance-based Funding for Public Research in Tertiary Education Institutions Workshop Proceedings written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes stock of current thinking and practice around performance-based funding of public research in tertiary education institutions, as a tool to help governments meet their research goals.

Funding Public Colleges and Universities for Performance

Author : Joseph C. Burke
Publisher : Rockefeller Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 143843636X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Funding Public Colleges and Universities for Performance written by Joseph C. Burke and published by Rockefeller Institute Press. This book was released on 2002-10-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of performance funding of public colleges and universities, which directly ties some state allocations to institutional results on designated indicators. The book examines performance funding as a national phenomenon, identifying the champions and critics of the program, the arguments for and against its adoption, the most common performance measures used for funding, the characteristics that separate stable from unstable initiatives, and the inherent possibilities and problems. The authors include case studies of performance funding in Tennessee, Missouri, Florida, Ohio, and South Carolina, and explore the reasons why Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, and Minnesota first adopted and later abandoned their programs. They examine problems with performance funding, such as the reluctance of the academic community to agree on reasonable goals for undergraduate education or the failure to apply performance funding to the academic departments that are mostly responsible for institutional results on many of the performance indicators. The contributors conclude that although the future of performance funding remains cloudy, one aspect is becoming clear—taxpayers are unlikely to continue to accept the proposition that performance should count in all endeavors except state funding for higher education. Contributors include E. Grady Brogue, Joseph C. Burke, Juan C. Copa, Patrick Dallet, Terri Lessard, Gary Moden, Dr. Robert B. Stein, Michael Williford, and David J. Wright.

The European Higher Education Area

Author : Adrian Curaj
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319208772
Total Pages : 906 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book The European Higher Education Area written by Adrian Curaj and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging the gap between higher education research and policy making was always a challenge, but the recent calls for more evidence-based policies have opened a window of unprecedented opportunity for researchers to bring more contributions to shaping the future of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Encouraged by the success of the 2011 first edition, Romania and Armenia have organised a 2nd edition of the Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers’ Conference (FOHE-BPRC) in November 2014, with the support of the Italian Presidency of the European Union and as part of the official EHEA agenda. Reuniting over 170 researchers from more than 30 countries, the event was a forum to debate the trends and challenges faced by higher education today and look at the future of European cooperation in higher education. The research volumes offer unique insights regarding the state of affairs of European higher education and research, as well as forward-looking policy proposals. More than 50 articles focus on essential themes in higher education: Internationalization of higher education; Financing and governance; Excellence and the diversification of missions; Teaching, learning and student engagement; Equity and the social dimension of higher education; Education, research and innovation; Quality assurance, The impacts of the Bologna Process on the EHEA and beyond and Evidence-based policies in higher education. "The Bologna process was launched at a time of great optimism about the future of the European project – to which, of course, the reform of higher education across the continent has made a major contribution. Today, for the present, that optimism has faded as economic troubles have accumulated in the Euro-zone, political tensions have been increased on issues such as immigration and armed conflict has broken out in Ukraine. There is clearly a risk that, against this troubled background, the Bologna process itself may falter. There are already signs that it has been downgraded in some countries with evidence of political withdrawal. All the more reason for the voice of higher education researchers to be heard. Since the first conference they have established themselves as powerful stakeholders in the development of the EHEA, who are helping to maintain the momentum of the Bologna process. Their pivotal role has been strengthened by the second Bucharest conference." Peter Scott, Institute of Education, London (General Rapporteur of the FOHE-BPRC first edition)

Outcomes Based Funding and Race in Higher Education

Author : Tiffany Jones
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319494368
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Outcomes Based Funding and Race in Higher Education written by Tiffany Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-30 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how Performance or Outcomes Based Funding (POBF) policies impact racial equity in higher education. Over the last decade, higher education has become entrenched in a movement that holds colleges and universities more accountable to its supporters. There are pressures to answer questions about student outcomes and performance, the value of education, the effectiveness of instructors, and the ability of existing leaders to manage efficiently and effectively. It is within this climate that states have adopted POBF policies. Through POBF, public colleges and universities receive state funding through formulas that no longer rely solely on student enrollment, but are instead based on student outcomes. This book provides an overview for policymakers of how racial equity has been addressed, the impact of these approaches, and recommendations for moving forward.

Financing Public Universities

Author : Marcel Herbst
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402055609
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Financing Public Universities written by Marcel Herbst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-16 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This crucial book addresses newer practices of resource allocation which tie university funding to indicators of performance. It covers the evolvement of mass higher education and the associated curtailment of funding, the public management reform debate within which performance-based budgeting or funding evolved, and sketches alternative governance and management modes which can be used instead. Four appendices cover more technical matters.

Higher Education Accountability

Author : Robert Kelchen
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421424738
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Higher Education Accountability written by Robert Kelchen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with the earliest efforts to regulate schools, the author reveals the rationale behind accountability and outlines the historical development of how US federal and state policies, accreditation practices, private-sector interests, and internal requirements have become so important to institutional success and survival

A Policy Analysis of Performance-based Funding in the State University System of Florida

Author : Monika Alesnik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book A Policy Analysis of Performance-based Funding in the State University System of Florida written by Monika Alesnik and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance-based funding in the State University System of Florida is the principle legislative based funding method for the states 12 public universities. The system and the policy is governed by the Florida Board of Governors. However, Florida’s legislative branch has ultimate authority in regards to the policy. There is a gap of knowledge on the critical factors which led to the development, implementation and adoption of this policy. Data were collected using primary and secondary document analysis as well as through interviews with individuals in the following groups: elected officials, higher education leaders, staff, financial or policy influencers and other higher education stakeholders. Four themes emerged from the analysis of the data; the economy, accountability, the “political-ness” of Florida as well as the importance of investing in the state’s public higher education system. Using Kingdon (2011) Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies as the theoretical framework of the study, the themes were then interpreted using Kingdon’s three streams: the problem stream, the policy stream and the political stream which converge to create policy. The themes aligned with and expanded the understanding of the critical factors which led to the adoption and continued use of performance-based funding in the State University System of Florida. Suggestions for future research were also identified.

The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education

Author : Kevin J. Dougherty
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421416913
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education written by Kevin J. Dougherty and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first nation-wide analysis of the politics of performance funding in higher education. Performance funding ties state support of colleges and universities directly to institutional performance on specific outcomes, including retention, number of credits accrued, graduation, and job placement. The theory is that introducing market-like forces will prod institutions to become more efficient and effective. In The Politics of Performance Funding for Higher Education, Kevin J. Dougherty and Rebecca S. Natow explore the sometimes puzzling evolution of this mode of funding higher education. Drawing on an eight-state study of performance funding in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington, Dougherty and Natow shed light on the social and political factors affecting the origins, evolution, and demise of these programs. Their findings uncover patterns of frequent adoption, discontinuation, and re-adoption. Of the thirty-six states that have ever adopted performance funding, two-thirds discontinued it, although many of those later re-adopted it. Even when performance funding programs persist over time, they can undergo considerable changes in both the amount of state funding and in the indicators used to allocate funding. Yet performance funding continues to attract interest from federal and state officials, state policy associations, and major foundations as a way of improving educational outcomes. The authors explore the various forces, actors, and motives behind the adoption, discontinuation, and transformation of performance funding programs. They compare U.S. programs to international models, and they gauge the likely future of performance funding, given the volatility of the political forces driving it. Aimed at educators, sociologists, political scientists, and policy makers, this book will be hailed as the definitive assessment of the origins and evolution of performance funding.

European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies

Author : Adrian Curaj
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319774077
Total Pages : 727 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Book Synopsis European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies by : Adrian Curaj

Download or read book European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies written by Adrian Curaj and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the major outcomes of the third edition of the Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers Conference (FOHE-BPRC 3) which was held on 27-29 November 2017. It acknowledges the importance of a continued dialogue between researchers and decision-makers and benefits from the experience already acquired, this way enabling the higher education community to bring its input into the 2018-2020 European Higher Education Area (EHEA) priorities. The Future of Higher Education – Bologna Process Researchers Conference (FOHE-BPRC) has already established itself as a landmark in the European higher education environment. The two previous editions (17-19 October 2011, 24-26 November 2014), with approximately 200 European and international participants each, covering more than 50 countries each, were organized prior to the Ministerial Conferences, thus encouraging a consistent dialogue between researchers and policy makers. The main conclusions of the FOHE Conferences were presented at the EHEA Ministerial Conferences (2012 and 2015), in order to make the voice of researchers better heard by European policy and decision makers. This volume is dedicated to continuing the collection of evidence and research-based policymaking and further narrowing the gap between policy and research within the EHEA and broader global contexts. It aims to identify the research areas that require more attention prior to the anniversary 2020 EHEA Ministerial Conference, with an emphasis on the new issues on rise in the academic and educational community. This book gives a platform for discussion on key issues between researchers, various direct higher education actors, decision-makers, and the wider public. This book is published under an open access CC BY license.

Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education

Author : Ellen Hazelkorn
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178536975X
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education written by Ellen Hazelkorn and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As higher education becomes a key determinant for economic competitiveness, institutions face increasing pressure to demonstrate their fitness to meet the needs of society and individuals. Blending innovative research with richly contextualised examples this unique Research Handbook provides authoritative insights from around the globe on how best to understand, assess and improve quality, performance and accountability in higher education.

Research Assessment in the Humanities

Author : Michael Ochsner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319290169
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Research Assessment in the Humanities written by Michael Ochsner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses and discusses the recent developments for assessing research quality in the humanities and related fields in the social sciences. Research assessments in the humanities are highly controversial and the evaluation of humanities research is delicate. While citation-based research performance indicators are widely used in the natural and life sciences, quantitative measures for research performance meet strong opposition in the humanities. This volume combines the presentation of state-of-the-art projects on research assessments in the humanities by humanities scholars themselves with a description of the evaluation of humanities research in practice presented by research funders. Bibliometric issues concerning humanities research complete the exhaustive analysis of humanities research assessment. The selection of authors is well-balanced between humanities scholars, research funders, and researchers on higher education. Hence, the edited volume succeeds in painting a comprehensive picture of research evaluation in the humanities. This book is valuable to university and science policy makers, university administrators, research evaluators, bibliometricians as well as humanities scholars who seek expert knowledge in research evaluation in the humanities.

The Adoption of State Performance-Based Funding Policies in Higher Education

Author : Eric E. Godin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book The Adoption of State Performance-Based Funding Policies in Higher Education written by Eric E. Godin and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past 40 years, performance-based funding has become a common tool of state legislatures to hold institutions accountable for student outcomes. Performance funding allocates state money to institutions based on a specific set of measures. However, states vary in the measures they select, methods for determining funding allocations, and the proportion of state funds reserved for performance funding. Common measures include retention rates, completion rates, labor market outcomes, and equity measures, but legislators may alter standardized measures to fit the political needs of their state. Although recent research estimates that over 35 states have adopted performance funding policies, the effectiveness of these policies is inconclusive and the unintended consequences have led to institutional mission narrowing and decreased acceptance rates for underserved students. This study analyzed the adoption of performance-based funding polices with three models. First, a state's likelihood to adopt a performance funding 1.0 policy. Second, a state's likelihood to adopt a performance funding 2.0 policy. Third, a state's likelihood to adopt any performance funding policy. Event history analysis was utilized to explore factors that impacted a state's likelihood to adopt these policies, focusing on both the influence of adoption through policy diffusion (regional accrediting agency groups) and internal determinants (political factors, education/unemployment factors, and higher education factors). This study extended the work of previous researchers in three important ways. First, by comparing results for the adoption of performance funding 1.0 and 2.0 policies independently. Second, by analyzing the adoption of performance funding policies through geographic regions, identified as regional accrediting organizations. Finally, by including new internal determinants not utilized in previous studies focusing on the adoption of performance funding policies. Data were collected from a variety of state-level sources and the dataset included information on 47 states from 1993 to 2013. All three models utilized similar syntax for the event history analysis and while there were statistically significant results, they were not consistent across all three models. For state adoption of a performance funding 1.0 policy, a Republican controlled legislature, consolidated governing board, unemployment rate, percent change in Fall term enrollment, and number of doctoral institutions were found to have a significant impact. For state adoption of a performance funding 2.0 policy, the percent of states in the accrediting region that already adopted a performance funding 2.0 policy and the educational attainment rate were found to have a significant impact on policy adoption. Finally, for state adoption of any policy, a Republican controlled legislature, legislative term limits, consolidated governing board, and percent change in Fall term enrollment were found to have a significant impact. In the variables listed above, a Republican legislature, legislative term limits, and states with more doctoral institutions increased the likelihood of policy adoption, while the percent of states in the accrediting region that already adopted a performance funding policy, the presence of a consolidated governing board, increases in a state's educational attainment rate, and increases in the percent change in Fall term enrollment decreased the likelihood of policy adoption. This study adds to the higher education literature by separately analyzing the adoption of performance funding 1.0 and 2.0 policies and finding differences in the factors that impact adoption. These differences indicate the importance of viewing performance funding 1.0 and 2.0 policies as distinct, rather than under an umbrella term of performance-based funding.

International Experience in Developing the Financial Resources of Universities

Author : Abdulrahman Obaid AI-Youbi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030788938
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book International Experience in Developing the Financial Resources of Universities written by Abdulrahman Obaid AI-Youbi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book aims to present the experiences and visions of several world university leaders, providing strategies and methods used to find various income sources for their institutions. The expansion of a university system requires a corresponding increase in funding. Consequently, university administrators all over the world are in a constant search for additional funds. If higher-level institutions are expected to deliver high-quality education and research, their sustainable funding is crucial to the development of the countries they serve. While governmental sources are a major part of the funding of most universities, economic downturns as in the case of the COVID-19 crisis may reduce governmental contributions in this and cause administrators to look for various alternative sources to help them compete in a global setting. This book offers valuable information and guidance to university leaders and administrators worldwide especially at a time when university budgets are under stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic with its dire financial and economic consequences.

Performance Management at Universities

Author : Poul Erik Mouritzen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030213250
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Performance Management at Universities written by Poul Erik Mouritzen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mouritzen and Opstrup's book is a most welcome addition to the subject of the management of academic performance. It is certainly well-worth reading and considering."—Bruno S. Frey, Permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Basel and Research Director CREMA - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts, Switzerland "Performance Management at Universities could not possibly be more timely. With universities and university faculty throughout the world being pressed to give more evidence and more precise indicators about their productivity, this thoughtful contribution provides a much needed and unusually thoughtful analysis of the possibilities and pitfalls found in current approaches to university performance evaluation. Given policy-makers’ and politicians’ calls for evidence-based management and evaluation, let us hope that policy-makers heed their own rhetoric and act on the evidence provided here. The authors show that performance measures, while sometimes beneficial, are subject to gaming and manipulation and that more precision does not necessarily equate with better performance, but rather altered performance. This superb book should be read by anyone interested higher education evaluation as well as by those who are subjected to it."—Barry Bozeman, Regents' Professor, Arizona Centennial Professor of Technology Policy and Public Management, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, USA "In Performance Management at Universities, Mouritzen and Opstrup definitively answer the question: What are the effects of national university performance-based funding schemes that use bibliometric indicators? As these schemes have proliferated, the question has become urgent. The authors marshal comprehensive data on the Danish university system to sift through the many predictions commonly made by academics newly subject to these systems to identify what actually happened to Danish research as the system took hold." —Diana Hicks, Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, and first author on the Leiden Manifesto on research metrics This book gives an account of what can happen when performance management is introduced at universities. How do scholars – for better or worse – respond to a system which counts the number of articles and books? Many myths exist about scholar’s reactions: They cheat, slice their production to the least publishable unit, become more risk averse and will go for the low-hanging fruits; in short, they develop a “taste for publication” at the cost of a “taste of science”. Systematic knowledge about the consequences of such systems for the motivation, behavior and productivity of university scholars is in short supply. The book is a major contribution to remedy this situation.