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Koh, Jonathan; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bray, Nathaniel J. – Journal of Education Finance, 2019
This study examines patterns of state financing in public community colleges. The focus of the study is to not only show the disparities that exist across the 50 states in terms of fiscal capacity to provide funding for community colleges, but also in the effort that is exerted to fund community colleges. The study combines the Bureau of Economic…
Descriptors: State Aid, Educational Finance, Community Colleges, Fiscal Capacity
Katsinas, Stephen G.; Kinkead, J. Clint – Online Submission, 2011
At the 2009 meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education's Council on Public Policy in Higher Education, Pat Callan, President of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, asserted that Master's Colleges and Universities (MCUs) are the most understudied sector of American higher education. This paper described how…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Classification, Community Colleges, State Colleges
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Kennamer, Mike; Katsinas, Stephen G. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The $17.2 million Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI) demonstration grant program funded by the Ford Foundation which ran from 1994 to 2001 represents the largest philanthropic project specifically aimed at rural community colleges in United States history. While a good deal of literature has been published about this initiative, much was…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grants, Educational History, Reflection
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Kennamer, Michael A.; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Hardy, David E.; Roessler, Billy – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
This study had two major purposes. The first purpose was to compare federal, state, and institutional direct grant aid, unmet needs, and headcount in 2000-2001 and 2005-2006. The second was to assess if any changes found related to the presence or absence of two key factors identified by experts as important to understanding the community college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Student Costs, Paying for College
Katsinas, Stephen G.; Friedel, Janice N. – Online Submission, 2010
There are growing pressures for community colleges and regional universities to accommodate the rise in student enrollment. The purpose of this study was to evaluate access and funding issues across public higher education institutions in the United States. Responses to a survey, conducted by the Education Policy Center at the University of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Education, Community Colleges, Access to Education
Katsinas, Stephen G.; Tollefson, Terrence A. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this report was to summarize the impact the economic recession had on funding, access, and overall support for U. S. community colleges in 2008. Mortgage foreclosures, reduction in stock values, and an enormous credit crunch were headlines of economic news in the final quarter of 2007 and throughout 2008. A survey conducted by the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Climate, Economic Impact, Financial Support