Performance-based funding for higher education: how well does neoliberal theory capture neoliberal practice?

Autor/inn/en	Dougherty, Kevin J.; Natow, Rebecca S.
Titel	Performance-based funding for higher education: how well does neoliberal theory capture neoliberal practice?
Quelle	In: Higher education, 80 (2020) 3, S. 457-478Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1007/s10734-019-00491-4
Schlagwörter	Staat; Hochschulreform; Hochschule; Ausland; Australien; Europa; Kanada; USA
Abstract	Neoliberal theories-whether the new public management, principal-agent theory, or performance management-have provided the rationale for sweeping reforms in the governance and operation of higher education. This paper expands our understanding of neoliberal theory and practice by examining a leading neoliberal reform: performance-based funding (PBF) for higher education in the USA, Europe, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere. Our analysis of PBF examines not only its impacts but also its origins and implementation. Neoliberal theory has been used not only prospectively to design and argue for certain public policies but also retrospectively to analyse the origins and implementation of neoliberal policy. Hence, this paper examines this retrospective neoliberal analysis in order to determine how well neoliberal theory helps us understand the origins and implementation of neoliberal policy: in this case, the socio-political forces that gave rise to PBF; and the political and organizational features of the processes by which PBF was implemented. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
Erfasst von	Hochschulrektorenkonferenz, Bonn
Update	2021/1