Document Tag: funding

Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Performance-Based Funding: A Systematic Review of the Literature (2024)

This paper examined how performance-based funding (PBF) policies shape institutional performance and student outcomes for public four-year or above historically
Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). By conducting a systematic review of the
literature, the findings expanded on two main areas, as underscored by the pieces
reviewed: (a) how the implementation of PBF policies across states impacts public
four-year or above HBCUs, and (b) the intended and unintended consequences of
PBF policy on public four-year or above HBCUs. The review of the literature largely
indicated that public HBCUs continue to feel the burden of long-term disinvestment
and lack of policy planning that is attentive to their histories, mission, and needs.
Although researchers are still evaluating the impact of PBF policies on institutional
performance and student outcomes based on PBF 2.0, the literature has affirmed that
PBF 1.0 has negatively impacted student performance, raising several concerns about
the future of HBCUs.

Variation in Community College Funding Levels (2023)

Funding for community colleges varies significantly, even within the same state. Several factors account for these differences, including more generous funding for smaller institutions to compensate for their higher costs per student, unequal local funding from property tax revenues, and political forces. In theory, this variation could lead to systemic inequities in funding levels by race, ethnicity, and economic status. Such inequities could arise if students from historically underserved groups are concentrated in community colleges that receive the lowest levels of funding from state and local appropriations. Our analysis finds no such consistent patterns across the nation but does find concerning patterns in a few states.