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Performance-based funding \u2013 a policy in which states fund public colleges based on certain student outcomes, such as how many students graduate \u2013 hasn\u2019t benefited all students equally in Tennessee and Ohio. That\u2019s according to a study in which we\u00a0analyze<\/a>\u00a0U.S. Department of Education data on public colleges and universities in these states between 2004-2015.<\/p>\n

We compared institutions in Ohio and Tennessee to institutions in states that did not have performance-based funding policies during the same time frame. In some cases, Black, Hispanic, Native American and Alaska Native students did in fact earn more certificates as well as associate and bachelor\u2019s degrees. However, the gap between them and white and Asian students grew even wider for bachelor\u2019s degrees in Ohio and for certificates in Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Performance-based funding is different from other college finance models. Historically, public colleges have been often funded based on how many students they enroll, not how many they graduate.<\/p>\n

Tennessee and Ohio are two ideal states to examine the effects of performance-based funding. Both have implemented the system for many years and tie nearly all state funding to performance. They also award additional funds for credentials awarded to students from groups that historically have been underrepresented in college, such as adult students and low-income students, who are more likely to come from racial or ethnic minority groups. In Ohio, additional funds are also explicitly provided for credentials awarded to students from racial and ethnic minority groups. However, by 2015 \u2013 five and six years after the performance-based funding that we studied began in Tennessee and Ohio, respectively \u2013 we found that racial gaps in credential attainment either stayed the same or got worse in both states.<\/p>\n

The gaps we studied are between white and Asian students in comparison to their Black, Hispanic, Native American and Alaska Native counterparts in both states.<\/p>\n

The gap in associate degrees awarded did not measurably change in either state. However, in Tennessee, the policy increased the associate degrees awarded to white and Asian students but had no impact on Black, Hispanic, Native American and Alaskan Native students. Similarly, in Ohio, the policy had no impact on associate degrees awarded to white and Asian students, but had a negative impact on degrees awarded to Black, Hispanic, Native American and Alaska Native students. We found no evidence that performance-based funding narrowed any of the racial gaps in college completion across either state.<\/p>\n

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Why it matters<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Performance-based funding is a popular policy. In 2020,\u00a032 states<\/a>\u00a0had some form of it.<\/p>\n

Despite the notion that performance-based funding should be an incentive for colleges and universities to eliminate educational inequity, our findings show that it can make outcome gaps worse. In other words, the policy is doing the opposite of what it\u2019s supposed to do.<\/p>\n

While performance-based funding raises the stakes to improve performance, it does not always equip institutions with the resources to accomplish that goal. It may even\u00a0worsen funding inequities across institutions<\/a>\u00a0by leading to funding declines for minority-serving institutions and other institutions that are\u00a0traditionally less well-funded<\/a>\u00a0than flagship and public research universities.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Getting colleges to graduate more students from underrepresented groups could be difficult unless colleges get more money to do it. And even then, it may not be enough.<\/p>\n

Our research shows the continued need to assess performance-based funding policies. It\u2019s critical to see if these policies are achieving what they are meant to achieve \u2013 or making things worse.<\/p>\n

Author Bios:<\/strong> Monnica Chan is Assistant Professor at UMass Boston, Preeya Pandya Mbekeani is a Postdoctoral Research Associate, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University and Zachary Mabel is Research Professor of Education and Economics at Georgetown University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Performance-based funding \u2013 a policy in which states fund public colleges based on certain student outcomes, such as how many students graduate \u2013 hasn\u2019t benefited all students equally in Tennessee and Ohio. That\u2019s according to a study in which we\u00a0analyze\u00a0U.S. Department of Education data on public colleges and universities in these states between 2004-2015. 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