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Robert Kelchen; Justin Ortagus; Kelly Rosinger; Dominique Baker; Mitch Lingo – Educational Researcher, 2024
We compiled the first longitudinal data set with detailed state funding information to examine whether different funding strategies for public higher education correlate with college access and completion, with a focus on outcomes among racially minoritized students. We found no relationships between funding mechanisms and student outcomes at…
Descriptors: State Aid, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Access to Education
Riley Acton; Kalena E. Cortes; Lois Miller; Camila Morales – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Leveraging rich data on the universe of Texas high school graduates, we estimate how the relationship between geographic access to public two- and four-year postsecondary institutions and postsecondary outcomes varies across race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We find that students are sensitive to the distance they must travel to access…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Proximity, Public Colleges, Postsecondary Education
Schonfeld, Roger C.; Radecki, Jane – ITHAKA S+R, 2021
In 2017 to 2018, the University of Wisconsin (UW) System undertook a major consolidation, removing its two-year college campuses from a standalone sub-system known as the UW Colleges and merging them with nearby four-year UW institutions. The system-level motivation for doing so, in a state undergoing a demographic shift with an aging population,…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Two Year Colleges, Universities, Equal Education
Burd, Stephen – New America, 2018
This report follows up on three previous papers published by New America that have examined the net price data for the 2010-2011, 2011-2012, and 2013-2014 academic years. In each of these publications, the share of public institutions charging low-income students an average net price over $10,000 has grown. Previous volumes of this report examined…
Descriptors: Privatization, Public Colleges, Student Costs, Low Income Students
Ahlman, Lindsay – Institute for College Access & Success, 2020
Millions of college students, across the nation and in California, benefit from financial aid that reduces the amount students and families must pay for tuition and fees, supplies, and living expenses like food, housing, and transportation while enrolled. In California, concerns about college costs and affordability have in recent years expanded…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, Higher Education, State Aid
Labandera, Emily; Santiago, Deborah; Laurel, Julie – Excelencia in Education, 2021
"Excelencia" in Education conducted an environmental scan of Puerto Rico to better understand the community and context of higher education, as colleges and universities transform to better serve their Latino students. This environmental scan identifies and includes a profile of the community overall, the socio-economic profile and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Hispanic American Students, Enrollment
Murphy, Stephanie; Williams, Candace; Miller, Sheridan – New England Board of Higher Education, 2020
While New England's population remains predominantly non-Hispanic white, the region has diversified considerably in recent years, as most population growth has occurred among minority groups. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, between 2010 and 2018, New England's non-Hispanic white population shrank by 3.1%. During this same period, the region's…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Diversity (Institutional), Equal Education, Inclusion
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2022
This report outlines key data elements related to the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP), and Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) for the 2021-22 academic year and is a core resource for policymakers, institutional leaders, counselors and other stakeholders across the region. This report…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Exchange Programs, Geographic Regions, Out of State Students
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2021
This report outlines key data elements related to the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP), and Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) for the 2020-21 academic year and is a core resource for policymakers, institutional leaders, counselors and other stakeholders across the region. This report…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Exchange Programs, Geographic Regions, Out of State Students
Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 2021
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has for years acknowledged and addressed the equity and achievement gaps that exist in the state's education pipeline. In 2013, the Commission passed a resolution to close Indiana's educational achievement gaps by 2025. In 2021, gaps are closing, but not quickly enough. Data must be the driving force…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Achievement Gap, Equal Education, College Attendance
Monarrez, Tomas; Washington, Kelia – Urban Institute, 2020
The US population is becoming more educated, but large gaps in postsecondary attainment based on race or ethnicity remain, particularly at more selective colleges. As a growing number of jobs require a college degree, it is imperative to increase college access among all racial and ethnic groups. In this report, we examined whether different…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Access to Education, Race, Ethnicity
Schleifer, David; Silliman, Rebecca – Public Agenda, 2016
Policymakers and experts overwhelmingly agree that the United States needs more people with college degrees or other postsecondary credentials and are working on many fronts to fulfill that goal. This brief aims to help them do so in ways that are informed by and responsive to the needs and perspectives of the American public. This brief…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Certification, Postsecondary Education, Adults
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2019
For 65 years, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) has been serving the students of the West. The largest of WICHE's three Student Access Programs, the Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE), helps more than 40,000 Western undergraduates save on nonresident tuition. The Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP) allows…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Exchange Programs, Geographic Regions, Out of State Students
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2018
The Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)--the nation's largest regional tuition-reciprocity program--is celebrating its 30th year of regional exchange in the 2017-18 academic year. The tuition reciprocity agreement allows nonresident students from a WICHE state to enroll in participating two- or four-year public institutions located in another…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Exchange Programs, Geographic Regions, Out of State Students
Baime, David S.; Mullin, Christopher M. – American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2011
The Federal Pell Grant Program serves as the foundation of the Federal Student Aid system, with more than 9.5 million students relying on the program to provide access to higher education in 2010-2011. It is one of the rare large federal domestic programs that has almost entirely avoided suggestions that it is ineffective or that it plays a role…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Grants
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