Financing Public Universities addresses newer practices of resource allocation which tie funding to indicators of performance. The gist of these efforts isto raise the quality of institutional systems. Performance-based budgeting and funding of public universities is part of broader efforts to reform public management, and it is being promoted and implemented by various government agencies around the globe. In particular, European universities with their normally strong governmental ties, or higher education systems molded on European universities, are prime targets of such reforms. Performance funding has made itsinroads in attempts to grant university systems managerial autonomy: autonomywas to be granted in exchange for funding modes which are tied to the measurement of performance indicators. A critical review of performance funding in the field of higher education An international perspective of performance funding measures and its alternatives An assessment of the current mode of the Humboldtian model of higher education INDICE: Executive Summary.- Foreword.- 1. Introduction.- 2 Mass Higher Education and Funding Bases.- 3 Public Management Reform Debate.- 4 Performance-based Budgeting or Funding.- 5 Alternative Governance and Management Modes.- 6 Inertia and Challenges.- Appendix A: Background Information.- Appendix B: Technical Notes.- Appendix C: The Atlantic Split.- Appendix D: Examples of FundingSystems.- References.- Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-9502-3
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 238
- Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés