The cost for higher education increased nearly 55% from 2002 to 2012, while state appropriations decreased 12% over the same time period (Government Accountability Office, 2014). The cost burden has been shifted heavily on students and their families as institutions have raised the cost of attendance in order to make up for declines in state…

Most discussions of college prices and of students' and families' ability to pay those prices focus exclusively on tuition and fees. This focus sometimes leads to policy recommendations that aim to eliminate tuition and fees without providing additional resources for students from low-income households to buy books and supplies and cover their…

Discussions about college affordability often revolve around helping students pay their tuition and fees. But nontuition expenses, including food, housing, and other living expenses, make up a large portion of student budgets and contribute to increased student debt. These expenses can be a barrier to student enrollment and completion. Lack of…

This dissertation charts that growth of the profession of fundraising at American colleges and universities. Fundraising has been central to college and university operations from the beginning of American higher education; the fundraising professional, however, is a 20th century phenomenon. From their first campaigns to erect a building or…

There was a time when aspiring high-achieving, low-income students were sought after by admissions officers of state flagship universities because their inclusion fulfilled the mission of the institution, i.e., to provide a route enabling the industrious student to receive a superior education and become a successful professional. Those days are…

How have college and university-based archives and special collections fared over the past few years in the midst of an historically grim economic downturn? The authors conducted in-depth interviews with directors of 13 archival repositories at state universities and private colleges in the Appalachian region of Virginia, West Virginia, North…

Evaluates two papers in this "Economics of Education Review" issue. Affirms G.E. Auten and G.G. Rudney's predictions that major tax reforms could reduce private giving, but notes the authors' failure to adjust for changing institutional need. Praises C.C. Coughlin and O.H. Erekson for extending their inquiry to corporate donations and state aid.…

This paper discusses enrollment projections and trends in public and private colleges and universities. (1) Total enrollment in higher education may reach 14 million by 1982 and 12 million of these will be in public institutions, almost a 100 percent increase since 1970. Enrollments in private institutions will probably increase by only 5 percent.…

Should Massachusetts taxpayers subsidize the cost of building and maintaining the University of Massachusetts, when Boston University and other private institutions are facing severe financial problems? (Author)

A national survey helped Towson State College campare its scholarship program with those of other institutions. (Editor)

This report examines costs of higher education in New Jersey, comparing the state's system of higher education and its individual sectors with national counterparts. The comparison takes into account such factors as differences in the cost of living and the size and relevant structural characteristics of a state's higher education system. In…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether family income is associated with student choice of higher cost versus lower cost colleges. Family income, level of Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) award, and selected personal characteristics of a sample of 4,500 TAP recipients were examined to determine attendance patterns at 11 public and…

During the spring of 1974 a series of seminars on student aid programs was held in connection with the congressional hearings on Title IV of the Higher Education Act. This seminar report, which focuses on some of the issues arising from the National Direct Student Loan program and Title IV-B of the Higher Education Act, hopes to communicate widely…

The paper estimates redistributional effects of New York's programs to improve equity in postsecondary education finance in its state university system, and also provides preliminary estimates of public-private enrollment effects. The programs appear to be giving disproportionate benefits to private institutions. (MF)

Trends over the 1967-1977 period are described, based on four surveys of randomly selected students who received nonrepayable financial aid from the state of Illinois. Data for public and private institutions are compared, and a comparison is offered of what parents could theoretically provide and what they actually did provide. (LBH)