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Locks, T. (2016). Performance Funding and Higher Education Administrators: The Interaction of Administrators and Policy on Metric Achievement. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_2016SP_Locks_fsu_0071N_13250
In 2014, Florida formally adopted a performance funding model for its State University System of higher education. The case study provides a qualitative analysis of the policy's implementation at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a historically black institution (HBI). Using the lens of coercive and normative isomorphism, this study identifies how institutional relationships between higher education administrators have changed in response to performance funding. Participants, though supportive of the policy as an accountability tool, disliked the specific metric items policymakers use to measure institutional performance. Participants perceived the metric items and policy goals as contradictory to the mission of their institution. The article identifies recommendations for policymakers to increase institutional buy-in and areas of future research.
A Thesis submitted to the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in partial fulfillment of the Master of Science.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Advisory Committee
Lara Perez-Felkner, Professor Directing Thesis; David Tandberg, Committee Member; Bradley E. Cox, Committee Member.
Publisher
Florida State University
Identifier
FSU_2016SP_Locks_fsu_0071N_13250
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Locks, T. (2016). Performance Funding and Higher Education Administrators: The Interaction of Administrators and Policy on Metric Achievement. Retrieved from http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_2016SP_Locks_fsu_0071N_13250