Florida State University Assistant Professor of Higher Education David Tandberg recently published study on performance funding as an incentive on raising student retention and degree completion rates in community colleges.

Tandberg's teaching and research interest center on state higher education policy and politics. He is particularly interested in the political antecedents of state higher education policy and finance decisions. Tandberg is also interested in broader issues involving state higher education finance, governance and economics. His research has appeared in "Research in Higher Education", "Educational Policy" and "Higher Education in Review."

Previously, Tandberg served as a special assistant to the Secretary of Education in the Pennsylvania Department of Education. In this capacity he served as a top advisor to the secretary and a member of the secretary’s cabinet. Among other things, Tandberg lead the Department’s effort to develop a postsecondary longitudinal student unit record data system, lead the office’s college access efforts, revamped the state college student retention program, initiated Pennsylvania’s annual statewide higher education conference, conducted research and data analysis for the Department and the Governor’s office, and helped author the state’s Race to the Top application. Prior to that position, Tandberg served as a special assistant to the Deputy Secretary for Postsecondary and Higher Education.