Performance funding without measurement integrity is a procurement scandal waiting to happen

By: Emir Phillips

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: April 11, 2026

Words: 859

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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I am a finance professor at Lincoln University, currently in litigation over a specific allegation: that failing grades I entered for plagiarism were later altered through the learning management system without my consent. I have an obvious stake in how that dispute resolves — but it pointed me toward a policy problem that exists entirely independent of my case.

In February, the Missouri Senate Education Committee debated Senate Bill 1121, legislation that would align …

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