Improving study success and diversity in Dutch higher education using performance agreements

B.W.A. Jongbloed; Frans Kaiser; Don Westerheijden

doi:10.1007/s11233-019-09055-8

Improving study success and diversity in Dutch higher education using performance agreements

B.W.A. Jongbloed^*, Frans Kaiser, Don Westerheijden

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Center for Higher Education Policy Studies

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Abstract

More and more governments have started to introduce elements of performance in the funding mechanisms for their higher education institutions. An example is a performance agreement: a contract signed between the funding authority and an individual higher education provider. In the Netherlands, a policy experiment involving performance agreements was concluded in 2016. We analyse whether the agreements actually have helped achieve the goals of improving student completion rates, educational quality and increasing the diversity in educational offerings. We present some indicators relating to these goals and discuss what can be learned from the performance agreements experiment in the Netherlands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329–343
Number of pages	15
Journal	Tertiary education and management
Volume	26
Issue number	3
Early online date	24 Dec 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-019-09055-8
Publication status	Published - 1 Sep 2020

Keywords

Diversity
Higher education policy
New public management
Performance based funding
Public funding
Tertiary education

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