July 2, 1999

A State Transforms Colleges With 'Performance Funding'

By PETER SCHMIDT

South Carolina expects accountability, but educators question the fairness and objectivity of the system

Running Francis Marion University -- or any of South Carolina's 32 other public colleges -- used to be a lot simpler.

That was before 1996, when the state's lawmakers embraced a radically new approach to higher-education financing that drew the attention of college leaders across the

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