Fiscal equity change in the Florida Community College System during the first five years after the implementation of performance funding

188 Pages·2002·6.8 MB·English

by  Yancey, Gary William

FISCALEQUITYCHANGEINTHEFLORIDACOMMUNITYCOLLEGE
SYSTEMDURINGTHEFIRSTFIVEYEARSAFTERTHEIMPLEMENTATION
OFPERFORMANCEFUNDING
By
GARYWILLIAMYANCEY
ADISSERTATIONPRESENTEDTOTHEGRADUATESCHOOL
OFTHEUNIVERSITYOFFLORIDAINPARTIALFULFILLMENT
OFTHEREQUIREMENTSFORTHEDEGREEOF
DOCTOROFEDUCATION
UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA
2002
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dissertation.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
IwishtothankDr.DaleCampbellforhiscounsel,support,andexpertise-
notonlyaschairofmydoctoralcommittee,butalsoasafriendduringacritical
timeinmycareer. IalsoextendsincerethankstoDr.DavidHoneyman,Dr.John
Kranzier,andDr.LarryTyreefortheiradviceandavailabilityasmembersofmy
committee.
IwishtothankEdCisekoftheFloridaDivisionofCommunityCollegesfor
hiscontinualsupportandencouragement.
IwishtothankRhodellaBrownofDaytonaBeachCommunityCollegefor
herinvaluableassistance.
Althoughtoonumeroustolisthere,Iextendmythankstothemany
professionalcolleagues,personalfriends,andrelativeswhohavenotonly
providedencouragementthroughoutmydoctoralprogram,buthavehelpedme
definemyeducationalphilosophy.
Finally,Iwishtothankthepastors,SundaySchoolteachers,publicschool
teachers,andaboveallGodwhoshapedmyattitudesandintereststhathave
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
page
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
iii
LISTOFTABLES vii
LISTOFFIGURES ix
ABSTRACT xi
CHAPTER
1 BACKGROUNDOFTHESTUDY 1
Introduction 1
StatementoftheProblem 7
PurposeoftheStudy 8
OverviewoftheMethodology 9
LimitationsandDelimitationsoftheStudy 10
DefinitionofTerms 1
SignificanceoftheStudy 13
OverviewoftheStudy 14
Organizationof-theStudy 15
2 LITERATUREREVIEW 16
Introduction 16
TheConceptofPerformance 17
PerformanceFundinginGovernment 17
TheConceptofPerformanceinHigherEducation 19
Tennessee 20
OtherStates 25
PerformanceBudgeting 28
PerformanceFunding 33
PerformanceMeasures 37
EducationalQualityandEffectiveness 41
Access-Diversity-Equity 41
EfficiencyandProductivity 42
ContributiontoStateNeeds 42
ConnectionandContributiontoOtherEducationSectors 42
PerformanceinFlorida 48
IV
5
PerformanceinFloridaHigherEducation 52
TheConceptofEquity 63
CommutativeandDistributiveEquity 64
Rawls’sPositivism 65
TheConceptofEquityinPublicSchools 65
TheConceptinPractice 67
EquityforTaxpayers 70
EquityforChildren 71
MeasuresofEquityinPublicSchools 73
Range 75
RestrictedRange 76
FederalRangeRatio 76
CoefficientofVariation 77
McLooneIndex 78
GiniCoefficientandLorenzCurve 78
CourtChallenges 80
ConceptofEquityinHigherEducationFinance 87
EquityinFloridaCommunityColleges 89
Summary 89
3 RESEARCHMETHODOLOGY 91
Introduction 91
PopulationoftheStudy 93
Methodology 97
Range 97
RestrictedRange 98
FederalRangeRatio 98
CoefficientofVariation 99
McLooneIndex 100
GiniCoefficientandLorenzCurve 101
Summary 104
4 ANALYSISOFDATA 106
Introduction 106
EquityBeforeandAftertheImplementationofPerformance-BasedFundingllO
Range 110
RestrictedRange 11
FederalRangeRatio 118
CoefficientofVariation 122
McLooneIndex 125
GiniCoefficient 128
LorenzCurve 132
Summary 138
V
5 OBSERVATIONSANDCONCLUSIONS 139
Introduction 139
RevenueEquityTrend 140
InfluenceofPerformance 141
ConclusionsandImplicationsoftheStudy 147
FurtherStudy 150
ImplicationsforHigherEducationAdministration 152
APPENDIXRAWDATA 154
LISTOFREFERENCES 161
BIOGRAPHICALSKETCH 173
VI
LISTOFTABLES
Table Page
4-1 RangeforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithPerformanceFundsIncluded 111
4-2 RangeforOperatingFundsperFTEWithoutPerformanceFunds 113
4-3 RestrictedRangeforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithPerformanceFundsIncluded 115
4-4 RestrictedRangeforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithoutPerformanceFunds 117
4-5 FederalRangeRatioforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithPerformanceFundsIncluded 119
4-6 FederalRangeRatioforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithoutPerformanceFunds 119
4-
4-7 CoefficientofVariationforOperatingFundsperFTE
5- WithPerformanceFundsIncluded 122
4-8 CoefficientofVariationforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithoutPerformanceFunds 122
4-9 McLooneIndexforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithPerformanceFundsIncluded 125
4-10 McLooneIndexforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithoutPerformanceFunds 125
4-11 GiniCoefficientforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithPerformanceFundsIncluded 129
12 GiniCoefficientforOperatingFundsperFTE
WithoutPerformanceFunds 129
1 SummaryofResultsofSixStatisticalTestsonEquityTrendsinthe
DistributionofOperatingFundsintheFloridaCommunityCollege
System,1995-96through2000-01 141
vii
5-2 SummaryofResultsofSixStatisticalTestsonEquityTrendsinthe
DistributionofOperatingFundsWithoutPerformanceFundsinthe
FloridaCommunityCollegeSystem,1995-96through2000-01 142
5-3 SummaryofOperatingFunds
intheFloridaCommunityCollegeSystem 143
5-4 SummaryofChangesinFTEandFundingperFTE
intheFloridaCommunityCollegeSystem 144
5-5 SummaryofPerformanceFundingasaPercentageofTotalFunds 145
5-6 GiniCoefficientforPerformanceFundingintheFloridaCommunity
CollegeSystem 146
VIII
LISTOFFIGURES
Figure page
4-1 RangeandPredictedRangeforOperatingFundsfor
FloridaCommunityCollegesWithPerformanceIncluded 112
4-2 RangeandPredictedRangeforOperatingFundsfor
FloridaCommunityCollegesWithoutPerformanceFunds 114
4-3 RestrictedRangeandPredictedRestrictedRangefor
OperatingFundsforFloridaCommunityColleges
WithPerformanceIncluded 116
4-4 RestrictedRangeandPredictedRestrictedRangefor
OperatingFundsforFloridaCommunityColleges
WithoutPerformanceFunds 118
4-5 FederalRangeRatioandPredictedFederalRangeRatio
forOperatingFundsforFloridaCommunityColleges
WithPerformanceIncluded 120
4-6 FederalRangeRatioandPredictedFederalRangeRatio
forOperatingFundsforFloridaCommunityColleges
WithoutPerformanceFunds 121
4-7 CoefficientofVariationandPredictedCoefficientofVariation
forOperatingFundsforFloridaCommunityColleges
WithPerformanceIncluded 123
4-8 CoefficientofVariationandPredictedCoefficientofVariation
forOperatingFundsforFloridaCommunityColleges
WithoutPerformanceFunds 124
4-9 McLooneIndexandPredictedMcLooneIndexforOperatingFundsfor
FloridaCommunityCollegesWithPerformanceIncluded 127
4-10 McLooneIndexandPredictedMcLooneIndexforOperatingFundsfor
FloridaCommunityCollegesWithoutPerformanceFunds 128
4-11 GiniCoefficientandPredictedGiniCoefficientforOperatingFundsfor
FloridaCommunityCollegesWithPerformanceIncluded 130
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4-12 GiniCoefficientandPredictedGiniCoefficientforOperatingFundsfor
FloridaCommunityCollegesWithoutPerformanceFunds 131
4-13 LorenzCurve1995-96 133
4-14 LorenzCurve1996-97 134
44--15 LorenzCurve1997-98 135
5-
4-16 LorenzCurve1998-99 136
4-17 LorenzCurve1999-2000 137
18 LorenzCurve2000-01 138
1 LorenzCurveforPerformanceFundsOnly 147
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