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McLendon, Michael K.; Mokher, Christine G.; Flores, Stella M. – American Journal of Education, 2011
Few recent issues in higher education have been as contentious as that of legislation extending in-state college tuition benefits to undocumented students, initiatives now known as in-state resident tuition (ISRT) policies. Building on several strands of literature in political science and higher education studies, we analyze the effects of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Political Science, State Colleges, Governance
Garland, James C. – University of Chicago Press, 2009
America's public universities educate 80% of our nation's college students. But in the wake of rising demands on state treasuries, changing demographics, growing income inequality, and legislative indifference, many of these institutions have fallen into decline. Tuition costs have skyrocketed, class sizes have gone up, the number of courses…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Higher Education, State Universities, Legislators