Outcomes-Based Higher Ed Funding Plans Move Forward in Texas - Reeve Hamilton, Texas Tribune

For universities, up to 10 percent of the funds that would have been used to fund enrollment would be used for outcomes-based funding — more than $200 million. Importantly, the outcomes the advisory committee suggested to use do not include graduation rates, a measurement that many administrators question. The proposed system is only initially expected to impact any individual schools' funding by up to 2 percent, but officials hope that will be enough to spur behavior changes. (Click on the title to see the metrics to be applied)