PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS IN DUTCH HIGHER EDUCATION
PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS IN DUTCH HIGHER EDUCATION

Summary/Abstract: In the last decades, most governments have been concerned to balance public expenditure. The result has been the growth of funding mechanisms associated with market mechanisms. The governments’ main objective has been to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of HEIs, within a regulated context which is clearly related to the state supervision model, where the state fosters competition between the institutions in a higher education market (Horts 2008). Funding allocation methods can be utilized to stimulate universities into more competitive behavior. The reward for a better performance, at least in principle, is supplementary funding (Orr 2007).

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