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Sunday's Child - Nikolas
UT Supports Tying Some Funds to Graduation Rate 2/28/13
Associated Press
2/28/13
AUSTIN, Texas - University of Texas officials say they support a plan
to link some higher education funds to graduation rates.
In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday afternoon, Chancellor
Francisco Cigarroa endorsed "outcomes-based funding for higher education."
The response followed a news conference by House Higher Education Committee
Chairman Dan Branch, who said officials of some four-year universities were
working behind the scenes to undermine his proposal. Officials from the Texas
A&M system did not respond to a request for comment.
Branch, a Republican from Dallas, wants to connect ten percent of higher
education funding to measures of student performance.
Under current policy, much of the funding for colleges is based on
enrollment figures.
About 25 states are discussing similar measures, according to the
Washington-based advocacy group Complete College America.