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Performance-based funding: The new normal or a schtick?

With burdensome student debt becoming a more likely outcome than a viable job prospect for many Americans pursuing a degree, state lawmakers are fighting to restore public trust in their institutions by promising to hold them more accountable. An increasingly popular tactic is dangling money over the heads of its two- or four-year institutions—or both—through performance-based funding models. Read more