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Woolard, Katherine; Munira, Shirajum; Jesmin, Khaleda; Hruschka, Daniel – Field Methods, 2022
Social scientists have developed numerous asset-based wealth indices to assess and target socioeconomic inequalities globally. However, there are no systematic studies of the relative performance of these different measures as proxies for socioeconomic position. In this study, we compare how five asset-based wealth indices--the International…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Fiscal Capacity, Predictor Variables
Commonfund Institute, 2024
Commonfund's Higher Education Price Index® (HEPI) data show that costs for colleges and universities rose 3.4 percent in FY2024, a decreased rate of inflation compared with 4.0 in FY2023 and 5.2 percent in FY2022. (FY2024 covers the period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, and coincides with the budget year of most educational institutions.)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Educational Finance