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Download full textCommonfund 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
Commonfund Institute, 2023
Commonfund Higher Education Price Index® (HEPI) data show that costs for colleges and universities rose 4.0 percent in FY2023, a decreased rate of inflation compared with 5.2 percent in FY2022 and up from 2.7 percent in FY2021. (FY2023 covers the period from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, and coincides with the budget year of most institutions of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Educational Finance
Commonfund Institute, 2022
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Educational Finance
Commonfund Institute, 2021
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Educational Finance
Commonfund Institute, 2019
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Expenditures, Economic Climate, Educational Finance
Commonfund Institute, 2020
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Costs
Commonfund Institute, 2018
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, College Faculty, Teacher Salaries
Commonfund Institute, 2017
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Differences
Peer reviewedHollands, Fiona M.; Levin, Henry M. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2017
This brief provides guidance to decision makers in schools, districts, state education departments, and intermediary organizations about ways that cost analyses can help inform their decisions about program choices, budgets, and strategies. It addresses questions about: (1) why cost information matters in education; (2) what cost metrics are…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Evidence Based Practice, Decision Making, Cost Indexes
Commonfund Institute, 2016
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Differences
Commonfund Institute, 2015
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Differences
Commonfund Institute, 2014
The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) is an inflation index designed specifically for use by institutions of higher education. Compiled from data reported by government agencies and industry sources, HEPI measures the average relative level in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by colleges and universities each…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Indexes, Economic Climate, Differences
Direct linkAssociation of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2017
This report is first in a series of informational briefings developed as part of "The Guardians Initiative: Reclaiming the Public Trust," an effort to educate and engage trustees as advocates on key issues in higher education. While the tone of public criticism of higher education has sharpened, public understanding about the sector's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Trust Responsibility (Government), Trust (Psychology), Undergraduate Study
Gillen, Andrew; Robe, Jonathan – Center for College Affordability and Productivity (NJ1), 2011
In order to compare the price of things over time, it is necessary to use a price index to adjust for inflation. The Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) and the Higher Education Cost Adjustment (HECA) were designed to more accurately account for the spending patterns of colleges and universities. However, there are some methodological problems…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Cost Indexes, Tuition
Bransberger, Peace – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2014
Average resident undergraduate tuition and fees for the academic year 2013-14 at public two-year institutions in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) region (excluding California) increased by 3.2 percent ($106) from the previous year, while published prices at public four-year institutions grew by 3.1 percent ($231). By…
Descriptors: Tuition, Fees, Educational Policy, Educational Finance
