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Near Adoption Of Performance Based Funding: The Case Of Connecticut, Oyewole A. Ogunkoya
Near Adoption Of Performance Based Funding: The Case Of Connecticut, Oyewole A. Ogunkoya
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
In July of 2015 the General Assembly of Connecticut enacted House Bill 6919, which effectively established a task force concerning outcomes based financing for higher education. This task force would convene meetings discussing performance based funding (PBF) with the end goal of adopting this policy, which nationally had already been done by over thirty states. Using document analysis and interviews with members of this task force and other key figures in higher education in Connecticut, this dissertation looks to examine the political, economic, and social factors that led Connecticut to contemplate adopting PBF in 2015. Are the factors seen in …