State expenditures to public higher education and regional funding norms: a panel data analysis

Serna, Gabriel R.; Cohen, Joshua M.

doi:10.1504/ijqre.2020.106575

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“…Studies that have taken a more detailed view of PBF have primarily considered the impacts of PBF 1.0 versus 2.0 policies to understand whether effects vary depending on the amount of funds at stake. To classify programs, researchers have relied on whether bonus versus base funding was linked to performance (e.g., Favero & Rutherford, 2020; Gándara & Rutherford, 2020; Serna, 2020) or whether a policy was adopted before or after the mid-2000s (e.g., Boland, 2020; Hagood, 2019). However, recent research has complicated the 1.0 versus 2.0 distinction and highlighted a need for a more specific consideration of the strength of particular policies (Rosinger et al, 2022).…”

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“…But as Figure 1 shows, many states had low-dosage policies in place after this (and, as a result, look more like 1.0 policies), and some states moved from low- to high-dosage policies in recent years, so timing of adoption is a rough indicator of the strength of a particular policy. Other studies define PBF 1.0 and 2.0 by states linking bonus versus base funding to performance, respectively (e.g., Favero & Rutherford, 2020; Gándara & Rutherford, 2020; Serna, 2020). However, Figure 1 shows that many states have low-dosage policies, regardless of whether bonus or base funds are linked to performance.…”

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The Impact of Performance Funding Policy Design on College Access and Selectivity

Rosinger

Ortagus

Kelchen

et al. 2023

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

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This study draws on a comprehensive performance-based funding (PBF) dataset and up-to-date difference-in-differences econometrics to examine the impacts of specific policy features (e.g., share of institutional revenue at stake and equity metrics) on college access and selectivity. We find suggestive evidence that increases in the share of revenue at stake are associated with decreases in racially minoritized student enrollment. Meanwhile, equity metrics may not be enough to boost enrollment among underserved students. Ultimately, however, our conclusions are limited due to various potential sources of bias, unconvincing pre-trends, and wide confidence intervals. While findings offer limited insight into the impacts of specific design features, they point to limitations of PBF—regardless of design—in expanding access and reducing inequities at 4-year colleges.

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The Impact of Performance Funding Policy Design on College Access and Selectivity

Rosinger

Ortagus

Kelchen

et al. 2023

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

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“…Alberta is the only Canadian province or territory to adopt a BBR, but several U.S. states have done so. Serna and Harris (2014) examined state funding for higher education and found no association between states with BBRs and those without, suggesting that the presence of a BBR is largely ignored when considering higher education spending. We include the previous year's provincial budget deficit as a constraint in allocating revenue to higher education operating grants.…”

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Government Funding Allocations to Universities and the Business Cycle: An Analysis of Canada’s Provincial Governments

Rockerbie,

Easton

2024

Economies

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Canada’s universities each receive an annual operating grant from their provincial government to partially finance operating expenses. This paper estimates the sensitivity of provincial operating grants to the business cycle by disentangling the effects of procyclical income on government revenue and the countercyclical effect on student demand by utilizing an economic regression model composed of three equations. Our panel data include the total real operating grant paid to all universities within a province, total student enrolment, real per capita government revenue, and real per capita gross domestic product for Canada’s ten provinces over the 1992–2019 sample period. The results confirm that real per capita government revenues are procyclical and that full-time equivalent student enrolments are counter-cyclical. The total real operating grant is only weakly associated with cyclical changes in provincial government revenue. Instead, the total real operating grant is mainly determined by countercyclical changes in student demand. This partially offsets the potential reduction in funding to universities during an economic downturn. Provincial governments in Canada can smooth the total allocation over the business cycle by adjusting other expenditures and using debt financing. Our results suggest they do this to some extent, but not enough to avoid a net reduction in real operating grants during an economic downturn.

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Is India’s higher education system a case of elusive inclusive development?

Naik,

Chandiramani,

Majumdar

2024

Cogent Education

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State expenditures to public higher education and regional funding norms: a panel data analysis

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The Impact of Performance Funding Policy Design on College Access and Selectivity

The Impact of Performance Funding Policy Design on College Access and Selectivity

Government Funding Allocations to Universities and the Business Cycle: An Analysis of Canada’s Provincial Governments

Is India’s higher education system a case of elusive inclusive development?

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