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Policy Considerations For Enhancing Student Access And Persistence In A World In Which Tuition Keeps Rising, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Policy Considerations For Enhancing Student Access And Persistence In A World In Which Tuition Keeps Rising, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] The United States no longer leads the world in college completion rates. Inequality in college access rates by income have barely narrowed over the last 25 to 30 years and inequality in college completion rates have narrowed even less. The groups in the population that are growing the most rapidly are those that have historically been underrepresented in higher education. What types of federal policies might help to address these issues in the face of tuition levels at private colleges and universities that have risen for over a century by an average of 2 to 3.5 percent a year …
Financial Prospects For American Higher Education In The First Decade Of The Twenty-First Century, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Financial Prospects For American Higher Education In The First Decade Of The Twenty-First Century, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] In an important paper written for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Harold Hovey pointed out that even if economic growth continued, the outlook for state funding of public higher education might not be as rosy as it had been in the recent past. My objective in this paper is to speculate about the financial futures of both public and private higher education, using Hovey’s paper as a base. After outlining his argument about the hard times ahead for public higher education, I will discuss the responses that campus and system administrators may well undertake. I …
The Suny Tuition Guarantee Proposal, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Suny Tuition Guarantee Proposal, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
In this paper, the author traces the causes and effects of the recent cuts in state funding of the SUNY school system and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Chancellor Robert King’s effort to slow tuition increases and increase state funding for SUNY in his “SUNY Tuition Guarantee Proposal”.
Why Can’T Colleges Control Their Costs?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Why Can’T Colleges Control Their Costs?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] Over 30 years ago William Bowen (1967) studied data from a set of selective private institutions and concluded that their tuition levels had been rising, on average, by 2 to 3 percent more annually than the rate of inflation ever since the turn of the 20th century. He attributed this partially to the increased specialization of knowledge and the growth of new fields of study. But first and foremost, this occurred because the nature of the educational process did not permit academia to share in the productivity gains that were leading to the growth of earnings in the rest …
Policy Considerations For Enhancing Student Access And Persistence In A World In Which Tuition Keeps Rising, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Policy Considerations For Enhancing Student Access And Persistence In A World In Which Tuition Keeps Rising, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] The United States no longer leads the world in college completion rates. Inequality in college access rates by income have barely narrowed over the last 25 to 30 years and inequality in college completion rates have narrowed even less. The groups in the population that are growing the most rapidly are those that have historically been underrepresented in higher education. What types of federal policies might help to address these issues in the face of tuition levels at private colleges and universities that have risen for over a century by an average of 2 to 3.5 percent a year …
Financial Prospects For American Higher Education In The First Decade Of The Twenty-First Century, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Financial Prospects For American Higher Education In The First Decade Of The Twenty-First Century, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] In an important paper written for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Harold Hovey pointed out that even if economic growth continued, the outlook for state funding of public higher education might not be as rosy as it had been in the recent past. My objective in this paper is to speculate about the financial futures of both public and private higher education, using Hovey’s paper as a base. After outlining his argument about the hard times ahead for public higher education, I will discuss the responses that campus and system administrators may well undertake. I …
The Impact Of U.S. News & World Report College Rankings On Admissions Outcomes And Pricing Policies At Selective Private Institutions, James Monks, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Impact Of U.S. News & World Report College Rankings On Admissions Outcomes And Pricing Policies At Selective Private Institutions, James Monks, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Despite the widespread popularity of the U.S. News & World Report College rankings there has been no empirical analysis of the impact of these rankings on applications, admissions, and enrollment decisions, as well as on institutions’ pricing policies. Our analyses indicate that a less favorable rank leads an institution to accept a greater percentage of its applicants, a smaller percentage of its admitted applicants matriculate, and the resulting entering class is of lower quality, as measured by its average SAT scores. While tuition levels are not responsive to less favorable rankings, institutions offer less visible price discounts in the form …
Going Broke By Degree: A Review Essay, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Going Broke By Degree: A Review Essay, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
In this review, the author posits that Richard Vedder’s book Going Broke By Degree: Why College Costs Too Much, while providing a good diagnosis of the problems and issues facing public higher education, suffers from a heavily political bent which skews Vedder’s policy conclusions away from empirical evidence and toward ideology. The author’s essay attempts to clarify for the reader which of Vedder’s statements are based on philosophy and which are based on fact.
Ivy League Athletic Performance: Do Brains Win?, Dmitry Kotlyarenko, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ivy League Athletic Performance: Do Brains Win?, Dmitry Kotlyarenko, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] The Ivy League, which consists of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale universities, is unique among the athletic conferences that compete at the Division I (major university) level in the NCAA. The Ivy League prohibits athletic scholarships and all undergraduate financial aid is awarded only on the basis of financial need. The league rigorously monitors the academic qualifications of the athletes that its coaches recruit and requires that the academic ability of its recruited athletes be close to that of the student body as a whole. The league also sets tight limits on the number of …
Resident And Nonresident Tuition And Enrollment At Flagship State Universities, Michael J. Rizzo, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Resident And Nonresident Tuition And Enrollment At Flagship State Universities, Michael J. Rizzo, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] The recent economic downturn in the United States has led to severe current and projected budget deficits in most states. Sharp rises in healthcare costs and increased competition for state funds from other sources has concurrently led to a decrease in the shares of state budgets earmarked for the higher education sector.1 Because universities are able to attract revenue from other sources (e.g. tuition, annual giving and federal student aid) and they are a discretionary component of most state budgets, they are often the first to go under the knife during tough times. The resulting revenue shortages from these …
Financial Prospects For American Higher Education In The First Decade Of The Twenty-First Century, Ronald Ehrenberg
Financial Prospects For American Higher Education In The First Decade Of The Twenty-First Century, Ronald Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] In an important paper written for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Harold Hovey pointed out that even if economic growth continued, the outlook for state funding of public higher education might not be as rosy as it had been in the recent past. My objective in this paper is to speculate about the financial futures of both public and private higher education, using Hovey’s paper as a base. After outlining his argument about the hard times ahead for public higher education, I will discuss the responses that campus and system administrators may well undertake. I …
Ilr Impact Brief - College Tuition Creeps Ever Higher — Here’S Why, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ilr Impact Brief - College Tuition Creeps Ever Higher — Here’S Why, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] A variety of factors are responsible for the rapidly escalating costs of undergraduate education in the United States. Concern about quality — of students, faculty, course offerings, physical plant, and image — militates against a focus on efficiency and productivity at the selective private colleges and universities; a perception among students and families that price signals quality gives the less selective privates cover to keep raising rates. Public colleges and universities, where relatively higher increases have been recorded, continue to grapple with diminishing state appropriations as a share of their budgets.
Why Can’T Colleges Control Their Costs?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Why Can’T Colleges Control Their Costs?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
[Excerpt] Over 30 years ago William Bowen (1967) studied data from a set of selective private institutions and concluded that their tuition levels had been rising, on average, by 2 to 3 percent more annually than the rate of inflation ever since the turn of the 20th century. He attributed this partially to the increased specialization of knowledge and the growth of new fields of study. But first and foremost, this occurred because the nature of the educational process did not permit academia to share in the productivity gains that were leading to the growth of earnings in the rest …
Going Broke By Degree: A Review Essay, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Going Broke By Degree: A Review Essay, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
In this review, the author posits that Richard Vedder’s book Going Broke By Degree: Why College Costs Too Much, while providing a good diagnosis of the problems and issues facing public higher education, suffers from a heavily political bent which skews Vedder’s policy conclusions away from empirical evidence and toward ideology. The author’s essay attempts to clarify for the reader which of Vedder’s statements are based on philosophy and which are based on fact.