The Common Core curriculum standards represent the culmination of nearly three decades of federally driven centralization of curriculum--including content, pedagogy, and curriculum-based testing--in American K-12 education. Over the course of this period, decisions moved further away from schools and school systems upward toward higher levels of…

I examine whether compensation of the university president is a function of university type (i.e., top, research, master's, bachelor's/specialized). Using a panel dataset containing 761 private universities in the United States, I find that (i) the president's pay is linked to the university's performance in the previous period and (ii) the…

Several reasons are given why tuition costs for higher education (not only for colleges but also for nonpublic schools) should be included among allowable deductions in calculating income taxes. (Author/JN)

Proposals granting tuition tax relief to patrons of private elementary and secondary schools have resurfaced as a prominent policy alternative. This paper reviews the tuition-tax-credit deduction policy debate, synthesizes information concerning probable costs and consequences, discusses effects on fundamental social values, and highlights…

Traces the history of the tuition tax credit campaign since the 1800s. Views the Mueller v Allen decision, which allows tax credits for public and private school expenses, as a landmark Supreme Court decision and progress toward an equitable distribution of the nation's educational resources. (DMM)

Negotiated Tuition is a program, appropriate to private schools, in which a school representative discusses in an interview with parents what the school provides, what the per pupil costs are, and what the parents feel they can afford to pay in tuition. It is assumed that parents enroll their children in nonpublic schools because they believe it…

The Packwood/Moynihan/Roth Tuition Tax Relief Act of 1981 and the nearly 20 other tuition tax credit bills introduced since the beginning of the current session of Congress are intended to provide tax credits for a portion of the tuition paid for private education. Two major studies attempting to determine the impacts of passage of a tuition tax…

Considers the use of differential fees for the same tuition services as a means to widen the financial accessibility of nongovernment schools to children of less affluent parents in Australia. (Author)

This paper analyzes the effects on net tuition revenue of changes in institutional aid and the tuition rate for a sample of private liberal arts colleges. A model in which institutional aid and enrollment are simultaneously determined is specified. Using the model's estimated parameters, the effects on net tuition revenue of changes in…

The propositions for tuition tax credits have changed since the fifties. The current bill (SB 528), the major issues, and their implications are reviewed. (MD)

The New Jersey Education Association reaffirms its long-standing opposition to public assistance to nonpublic schools as represented by tuition tax credits. (Author/SJL)

Argues that, while vouchers and tax credits differ in important ways, together they raise profound questions about the role of the government in supporting, encouraging, and, perhaps, controlling private values and private organizational forms. (Author/SJL)

The author discusses recent trends in education that are making the public call for education reform. The author recommends the articulation of a new public philosophy for public education. He feels the threat of tuition tax credits may hasten this articulation. (CT)

The author reviews the progress made by the Catholic lobby in the 95th Congress toward a tuition tax credit law, noting publicity efforts, opposition groups, and plans for continuing the campaign in the 96th Congress. (SJL)