Objective: An increasing number of states are adopting performance-based funding (PBF) systems for their public colleges, but there are concerns that PBF dissuades colleges from recruiting and enrolling students with a lower likelihood of success. Some states have attempted to address this concern by providing additional funds for successfully serving low-income, underrepresented minority, or adult students, but the effectiveness of these particular provisions has yet to be examined among 2-year colleges. I explore whether these provisions have affected historically underrepresented student enrollments at community colleges. Method: I use generalized difference-in-difference panel regression techniques combined with data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System and information from states on their performance funding policies from the 2004-2005 to 2014-2015 academic years to address the research questions. I classified colleges based on whether they had a PBF system with equity provisions, a PBF system without equity provisions, or no PBF in a given year and compared these three groups of institutions. Results: I find little evidence that PBF policies, regardless of their design characteristics, have a relationship with traditionally underrepresented student enrollment levels. Contributions: Although there are concerns that PBF systems induce community colleges to selectively recruit students with a higher probability of success, I find no systemic evidence of that practice. However, as PBF systems become higher stakes and more ingrained in state higher education funding, this finding deserves further study.

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探索基于绩效的资助设计与社区大学代表性不足的学生入学率之间的关系

目标：越来越多的州正在为其公立大学采用基于绩效的资助 (PBF) 系统，但有人担心 PBF 会阻止大学招收成功可能性较低的学生。一些州试图通过为成功服务低收入、代表性不足的少数族裔或成年学生提供额外资金来解决这一问题，但这些特定条款的有效性尚未在 2 年制大学中得到检验。我探讨了这些规定是否影响了社区大学历史上代表性不足的学生入学率。方法：我使用广义差异中差异面板回归技术结合来自综合高等教育数据系统的数据以及来自各州 2004-2005 至 2014-2015 学年绩效资助政策的信息来解决研究问题。我根据大学在特定年份是否有带有公平条款的 PBF 系统、没有公平条款的 PBF 系统或没有 PBF 对大学进行了分类，并比较了这三组机构。结果：我发现几乎没有证据表明 PBF 政策，无论其设计特征如何，都与传统上代表性不足的学生入学水平有关。贡献：尽管有人担心 PBF 系统会诱使社区大学选择性地招收成功概率更高的学生，我没有发现这种做法的系统证据。然而，随着 PBF 系统变得越来越重要，并且在州高等教育资金中更加根深蒂固，这一发现值得进一步研究。