Government Oversight of Public Universities: Are Centralized Performance Schemes Related to Increased Quantity or Quality?
研究了美国各州对公立大学实施教学绩效评估后，旗舰大学研究经费和论文数量增加，而非旗舰大学则下降，但后者论文引用率有所提高，表明大学专业化程度加深。
Universities are engaged in many activities, primarily research and teaching. Many states have instituted performance measures that focus on evaluating a university's success in teaching. We suggest that multitasking may be important in this context, and we consider research outcomes after adoption. We find striking results that depend on university status. Research activity is higher at flagship institutions after the adoption of performance measures. Most of this increase in activity is with respect to the level of research funding and the number of articles produced. In contrast, research funding and the number of publications is dramatically lower at nonflagship institutions. There is some evidence that citations per publication at nonflagship institutions are higher after the adoption of performance standards. The evidence suggests that universities have become more specialized since the introduction of these programs. © 2010 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.