Productivity Linked to Research Quality, University Funding

Florida Higher Education – Is the Cheapest Fiscally Sound? provides evidence for the connection between state funding for universities and productivity. Florida Research Consortium and Florida Chamber Foundation combine a variety of data to advance three connections: 1) state funding for universities is exponentially related to total funding for universities; 2) total funding for universities is related to research quality; and 3) research quality is related to productivity within Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Although the report should be read with caveats regarding causality and constructed indices, the evidence and argument are worth discussing with university research stakeholders. Read more at: http://www.floridaresearch.org/files/Florida%20Higher%20Education%20-%20Is%20the%20Cheapest%20Fiscally%20Sound.pdf.