ABOR to Hear Update on Research Metrics, Adopt a Performance Funding Model

The Arizona Board of Regents this week is expected to hear an update on the Arizona Higher Education Enterprise Plan, which is designed to realign and strengthen the state university system.

The update will focus specifically on research metrics at each of the state's three universities.

A report presented to the Arizona Board of Regents in September 2010, titled "The Arizona Higher Education Enterprise: Strategic Realignment 2010 and Forward," outlines priorities and important discussion areas for realigning the state university system in a way that allows each state university to better focus its individual mission to benefit the system as a whole.
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