Posts Tagged ‘Tuition’
DOES THE FORMAT OF A FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM MATTER? THE EFFECT OF STATE IN-KIND TUITION SUBSIDIES
This paper examines the importance of format in aid programs, focusing on state appropriations to public postsecondary institutions. These funds subsidize costs for in-state students, but they may also influence choices between institutions due to their in-kind format. Using the conditional logistic choice model and extensive match-specific information, the paper approximates the choice between nearly […]
NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS: Study of College Costs and Prices, 1988 – 89 to 1997 – 98
Commissioned Papers: David W. Breneman: An Essay on College Costs D. Bruce Johnstone: Higher Education and Those “Out of Control Costs” Dennis P. Jones: Cost Analysis and the Formulation of Public Policy Lucie Lapovsky: Institutional Financial Health: Tuition Discounting and Enrollment Management Michael McPherson and Morton Owen Schapiro: Issues of Cost and Price in Higher […]
Tuition Discounting: Institutional Aid Patterns at Public and Private Colleges and Universities
Recent data from the College Board’s Annual Survey of Colleges reveal significant variation in institutional aid patterns among colleges and universities. The undergraduate tuition discount rate — the ratio of institutional grant aid to published tuition and fee charges — is higher at private institutions than at public institutions, but there are also notable differences […]
2016 Critical Issues in Higher Education Conference – SUNYCON 2016
The 2016 Critical Issues in Higher Education Conference (SUNYCON 2016) was held in New York City in October. The focus of this conference was “Degrees of Influence: The Forces Shaping the Future of Higher Education.” The Agenda for this conference can be found here: https://www.suny.edu/sunycon/2016/agenda/ and features many of the topics we are discussing in […]
UNC Analysis of High Tuition/ High Aid Model
HIGH TUITION/HIGH AID: CLASSIC ARGUMENTS PRO: 1. Increasing tuition is good public policy 2. States charge students less than what it actually costs to educate a student 3. This creates a subsidy for students regardless of need or family ability to pay 4.This is: a)Inefficient – because a large number of students and families who […]