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In this chapter, the authors use a critical policy framework to examine the sociopolitical climate of three states with rapidly increasing populations of color—Texas, California, and Maryland. These states are examples of active, failed, and proposed legislation for performance-based funding designed to increase accountability for better outcomes in higher education. The authors’ examination offers a critical perspective on how different factors within a state context may shape the ways in which differently resourced institutions are considered in the creation and adoption of POBF policy.
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Jones, T., Jones, S., Elliott, K.C., Russell Owens, L., Assalone, A.E., Gándara, D. (2017). A Critical Analysis of the Sociopolitical Climate for POBF in Three States. In: Outcomes Based Funding and Race in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49436-4_5
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