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Should college funding be tied to how many students graduate?

  • Written by Denisa Gandara, Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, Southern Methodist University
Colleges are increasingly being judged on how many students graduate. But is tying funding to graduation rates the way to go?George Rudy/Shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: Performance-based funding – a policy where a portion of state funding for public colleges and universities is based on how well they perform – is gaining in...

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