Accountability efforts under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) has brought greater attention to school-level processes and practices and their impact on student outcomes. This has pushed states to report more school-level inputs, including per-pupil expenditures. Grounded in an open systems theory (OST) framework, we identify the association…

Higher education research, which was once trying to establish itself, is now accepted as an important research field across societies globally. Specifically, the last decades have seen dramatic developments. This study analysed the development of higher education research in the last two decades using novel natural language processing techniques.…

The CASE Insights on Philanthropy (United Kingdom and Ireland), formerly the CASE-Ross Support of Education survey, was first carried out in 2002 (for 2001-02 data) and built on previous surveys undertaken within the Ross Group. The survey has been conducted annually since then. The survey for CASE Insights on Philanthropy (United Kingdom and…

Corruption in academia has a detrimental impact on educational quality, innovation, and public trust, especially in countries with weak governance structures like Yemen. This paper analyzes the pervasive nature of corruption in Yemeni higher education institutions, focusing on key areas such as manipulation in hiring practices, biased thesis…

With over 1.1 million credentials available but only 12 percent delivering significant wage gains, learners face a chaotic marketplace that lacks effective oversight. The right credentials can be transformative, as credentials in the top decile yield annual wage gains of nearly $5,000, increase career switching success sixfold, and boost the…

Amid growing reliance on performance-based governance in global higher education, research funding plays a critical role in shaping academic trajectories. This study investigates the differential effects of project-based and talent-related funding on scholarly achievements in China, drawing on Bourdieu's theory of capital. Using a dataset of…

This research update from Research for Action's PACER project revisits and expands on prior analyses of fund balances across Pennsylvania's public education sectors using the most recent 2023-24 data. The findings show that cyber charter schools continue to grow per-pupil fund balances at a much faster rate than school districts or…

As the price of college tuition continues to rise, higher education institutions and their governing bodies are facing immense pressure to fully understand and explain how tuition, fees, and other sources of revenue are being spent on their campuses. Understanding these expenditures is not only important for the leadership and constituents of the…

The Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) is required, by Arkansas Code § 6-18-2510, to provide an annual report on the Education Freedom Accounts (EFA) program to the Arkansas Legislative Council and the House and Senate Education Committees. This report was prepared to fulfill this requirement, covering the period from July 1, 2024, through…

This report presents an analysis of childcare providers' finances based on a survey carried out between May and July 2024, shortly after significant reforms in "entitlement" funding in England began. From April 2024, government-funded childcare was expanded to younger children and, from September 2025, all pre-school children from…

In the United States, K-12 school finance is largely controlled by the states. Every year, hundreds of billions of dollars in public funds are distributed based on 51 different configurations of formulas, rules, and regulations to over 13,000 districts that vary in terms of the students they serve, their ability to raise revenue locally, and many…

In 2018, a wave of educator strikes called Red for Ed swept through several states. Educators in Arizona won additional funding from the state legislature, supposedly for teacher salaries, which school boards could spend as they chose. This article quantitatively examines the participation and results of the 2018 Arizona educator strike, using…

English learners (ELs) are one of the fastest-growing student groups in the U.S. K-12 system, making up about one in 10 students enrolled in public schools nationwide. Despite research showing that EL students need more resources and supports to be successful in school, funding at the federal, state, and local levels to provide those additional…

Beginning in the mid-1980s, European governments have increasingly implemented performance-based funding systems for higher education. While a focus on the transnational pressures that contributed to the widespread adoption of performance-based funding in Europe accounts for the impetus for performance-based funding policies, it fails to address…

Purpose: The implementation of income-generating still faces problems, such as the lack of well-established internal control and differences in implementation in each unit. This study aims to analyze internal controls, financial viability (FV) and leadership qualities (LQ) in the implementation of income-generating in Indonesian higher education.…