Recent headlines have brought attention to the effects that unfavorable demographic and fiscal conditions are having on postsecondary education institutions. Among those most acutely feeling the pressures are likely to be institutions located in rural communities that are seeing more rapid population declines and lagging median income. This…

This study tested the Bennett hypothesis by examining whether four-year colleges changed listed tuition and fees, the amount of institutional grants per student, and room and board charges after their states implemented statewide merit-based aid programs. According to the Bennett hypothesis, increases in government financial aid make it easier for…

This article presents results from the 2012 National Survey of Access and Finance Issues conducted by the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges (NCSDCC), an affiliated council of the American Association of Community Colleges, and includes a comparison of survey results from previous years dating back to 2003, with the…

This article presents the annual report on the economic status of the profession. Although the results of this year's survey of full-time faculty compensation are marginally better than they have been the last two years, 2011-12 represents the continuation of a historic low period for faculty salaries. The overall average salary for full-time…

This paper develops a statistical model over the 1992 to 2002 period to measure the forces that lead colleges and universities to price discriminate. Identifying those forces makes it possible to determine the kinds of schools that are better or less able to effectively price discriminate. The empirical findings strongly suggest that schools with…

This document is a follow-up to a previous article about the future prospects for higher education in the light of the then recently published White Paper. The question was asked at to whether and how far the government would succeed in its avowed intention of creating a more diverse higher education system. This document focuses on the likely…

This table, compiled by the College Board, lists tuition and fees for 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 for in-state and out-of-state students for over 3,000 institutions of higher education. The figures represent charges to first-time, full-time undergraduates based on a nine-month academic year of 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours. Schools are listed…

One of the predominant characteristics of higher education in Pennsylvania is the high cost of attendance across the Commonwealth. The average tuition charged by a Pennsylvania community college--the benchmark measure used by "The National Report Card on Higher Education"--in 2004 was $2,514, making Pennsylvania the 14th most expensive…

Tables showing the tuition and required fees charged undergraduates at colleges and universities in the 1988-89 and 1989-90 academic years are presented. This includes the tuition institutions charge out-of-state students. The figures were collected by the College Board in its Annual Survey of Colleges. (MLW)

A college board table showing tuition and fees for 324 colleges and universities, as well as additional tuition that many institutions charge students from outside their states, is presented to supplement a list of costs at 2,660 institutions that appeared in the August 29, 1984, issue of "The Chronicle." (MLW)

Examines determinants of tuition at American private colleges using 1982-83 data. Hedonic regression analysis involving over 20 quality measures shows that private college tuition responds in economically sensible ways to changes in public tuition and in quantity and quality of the faculties, facilities, and student bodies at private colleges.…

Results of a national survey suggest a downturn in college investment returns is accompanied by reduced spending and concern that institutions will use endowment income rather than increase tuition. Endowments of 367 institutions are ranked and market values on June 30, 1989 and June 30, 1990 are listed. (MSE)

Summarizes College Board data indicating that college tuition and fees rose this year an average of 3.4% at four-year public institutions and 4.7% at four-year private institutions, a decline from previous rates of increase but still greater than the inflation rate. Average tuition and fees ranged from $15,380 at four-year private institutions to…

Reports that the College Board's annual survey of tuition and financial aid shows continuing escalation in the cost of higher education. Graphs and tables detail average college costs by institutional type, trends since 1990/91, and the most and least expensive public and private colleges. Notes especially students' increasing debt burdens as…

Explores how students are feeling the effects of tuition hikes as legislative money-cutting sprees send the nation's public colleges and universities jockeying for funding. Includes several tables on state appropriations to higher education. (EV)