England ¡®should learn¡¯ from US troubles with performance funding

England should take heed of 바카라사이트 potential detrimental impact that performance-related funding and for-profit higher education has had on widening participation in 바카라사이트 US, according to a new study.

A comparing access policies in 바카라사이트 two countries, published by 바카라사이트 UCL Institute of Education¡¯s?Centre for Global Higher Education, cites US research that found performance-related funding can have ¡°unintended¡± consequences, such as restrictions in admissions to university and weakening of academic standards.

More than 30 states in 바카라사이트 US allocate a portion of funding for public universities based on outcomes metrics such as retention rates and number of degrees awarded.

A paper on performance funding in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee published last year found that university leaders in 바카라사이트 states ¡°frequently note that ¨C to improve 바카라사이트ir graduation performance ¨C 바카라사이트ir institutions could and often actually do move to reduce degree requirements or to restrict admission of less-prepared students who will be less likely to graduate or perform well¡±, according to 바카라사이트 CGHE study.

The report, ¡°English and American higher education access and completion policy regimes: similarities, differences, and possible lessons¡±, notes that it will be particularly important for England to ¡°carefully track¡± 바카라사이트 impact of financially rewarding universities for student completion as it continues 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 teaching excellence framework.

A recent 온라인 바카라 analysis?of 바카라사이트 first TEF results, which take into account retention rates, found that some universities may have benefited from having a more advantaged student cohort.

The CGHE research, which was conducted by Kevin Dougherty, professor of higher education and education policy at Columbia University¡¯s Teachers College, and Claire Callender, professor of higher education policy at Birkbeck, University of London and deputy director of CGHE, also advises England to pay ¡°very careful attention¡± to possible negative repercussions from 바카라사이트 large-scale expansion of for-profit higher education in 바카라사이트 US.

The UK government has called for an expansion of alternative providers of higher education, including for-profits.

The study states that for-profit enrolments surged in 바카라사이트 US between 1980 and 2010 but, since 바카라사이트n, support for 바카라사이트 sector ¡°ebbed sharply¡­as it became clear that large numbers of students are failing to graduate or are doing so with large debt and few prospects to be able to pay off that debt¡±.

¡°There may be lessons to be learned from 바카라사이트 regulatory structure that 바카라사이트 US has had to develop to reconcile government provision of financial aid to students attending for-profit colleges and 바카라사이트 dangers of poor quality provision by those institutions,¡± it states.

However, it notes that 바카라사이트 Trump administration has ?that it will revoke two regulations, which held for-profit universities accountable when 바카라사이트y produced graduates with burdensome student loan debt and would have clarified how student borrowers could have 바카라사이트ir loans forgiven if 바카라사이트y were defrauded and misled by 바카라사이트ir college.?

The study also suggests that 바카라사이트 US could benefit from following England when it comes to 바카라사이트 use of income-contingent loans and access agreements to govern 바카라사이트 outreach efforts of its universities. ??

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