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Direct linkSeyama, Sadi Mokhaneli – Africa Education Review, 2015
The considerable transformation of higher education (HE), driven by the South African government's demand for accountability of resources for the attainment of its mandate has altered the "business" of academia. In response to the financial austerity measures, performance management (PM) systems have been implemented in South African HE…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Phenomenology, Department Heads, Accountability
Vitton, John J.; Butz, Nikolaus T. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2014
This disguised case features a marketing major, Susan Lafleur, who presented Professor Higgins, the Department Chair, with a dilemma. She needed a petition signed to enroll in a capstone course while simultaneously taking a prerequisite course. She received an employment offer from a prestigious overseas corporation, which required a baccalaureate…
Descriptors: Performance Contracts, Higher Education, Educational Policy, School Policy
Dougherty, Kevin J.; Natow, Rebecca S.; Bork, Rachel Hare; Jones, Sosanya M.; Vega, Blanca E. – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: Performance funding finances public higher education institutions based on outcomes such as retention, course and degree completion, and job placement rather than inputs such as enrollments. One of the mysteries of state performance funding for higher education is that despite great interest in it for over 30 years, only half…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Politics of Education, State Aid, Funding Formulas
Download full textWelbeck, Rashida; Ware, Michelle; Cerna, Oscar; Valenzuela, Ireri – MDRC, 2014
Difficulties in paying for college and in maintaining good academic performance are two major hurdles to college graduation for low-income students. In recent years, state and federal budgets for postsecondary education have been cut significantly, limiting the options policymakers, education leaders, and communities have to improve rates of…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Guidelines, Guides, Performance Contracts
Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Performance Contracts
Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Performance Contracts
Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Performance Contracts
Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Position Papers, Performance Contracts, Management by Objectives
Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, 2008
Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Government Role, Institutional Role, Articulation (Education)
Zarkesh, Maryam; Beas, Allison Marcela – Community College Review, 2004
This review explores the context in which performance indicators and performance-based funding in community colleges have emerged as a means of measuring institutional effectiveness in community colleges. The article presents the history and context for performance indicators in community colleges and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the…
Descriptors: Institutional Evaluation, Community Colleges, Financial Support, Accountability
