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Mayer Bryant, Veronica; Hsu, Gabriella; Kempson, Lauri – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2022
ACTA's What Will They Learn?® (WWTL) project is designed to help students choose the best college or university for them. The printed report and its online companion WhatWillTheyLearn.com represent the only assessment of U.S. colleges and universities that focuses on what schools are actually teaching. This report assigns grades to over 1,130…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, College Curriculum, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Cheslock, John J.; Hughes, Rodney P. – Journal of Education Finance, 2011
In the United States, public higher education finance policy is primarily decided at the state level, and policies can vary dramatically across state lines. Data was used from 1989-1990 and 2008-2009 to describe these differences and how they have changed over time. Numerous aspects of each state's higher education system were examined--average…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Grants, Tuition
State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2010
The international imperative for postsecondary education is growing, and the push for state and national action is acute. To remain globally competitive, the United States must expedite efforts to further develop a well educated citizenry. Each state faces its own set of demographic and economic challenges. States and institutions operate in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Public Colleges, Educational Attainment
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Knapp, Laura G.; Kelly-Reid, Janice E.; Ginder, Scott A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions in the United States (the 50 states and the District of Columbia) and other jurisdictions, such as Puerto Rico. For IPEDS, a postsecondary institution is defined as an organization that is open to the public and has as its…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Tuition, Fees
Zook, George F. Ed. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1922
One of the most striking features of higher education in recent years has been the great increase in the number of students attending the colleges and universities. Where the higher institutions have reached a student enrollment of several thousand, the question has been raised seriously as to whether such institutions should not devote themselves…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, High Schools, Two Year Colleges, Conferences (Gatherings)
Lingenfelter, Paul E.; Wright, David L.; Bisel, Tara M. – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2005
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is a tool to help policy makers and educators address broad public policy questions. SHEF seeks to inform policy deliberations with information and perspective on financial issues and national trends. The fiscal 2004 SHEF study documents a four-year period when state funding for higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Public Policy, Policy Formation