Cost Differences: The Amazing Disparity among Institutions of Higher Education in Educational Cost Per Student.

Bowen, Howard R.

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ERIC Number: EJ242537

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981

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Cost Differences: The Amazing Disparity among Institutions of Higher Education in Educational Cost Per Student.

Bowen, Howard R.

Change, v13 n1 p21-27 Jan-Feb 1981

Cost per student disparity is examined with focus on: the concept of educational cost per student; dispersion of unit cost; cost comparisons among similar institutions; cost comparisons among the states; and institutional differences in the internal allocation of expenditures. Academic freedom, program variety, and institutional objectives may account for differences. (LC)

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Differences, Expenditure per Student, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Student Costs, Unit Costs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Numerical/Quantitative Data

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Language: English

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