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Three Essays On Higher Education, Fang Song
Three Essays On Higher Education, Fang Song
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
In the first chapter, I analyze the growth patterns of postsecondary education costs in re-cent years. It shows the trends of college revenue, expenditure and other financial items using data drawn from the Delta Data Project between 1987 and 2010. Connections be-tween various categories of revenue / spending and state-level macroeconomic indicators were analyzed using GLS models. College tuition had been growing rapidly over time, whereas total revenues and expenditures did not grow so much. The differences in the responses of public sector and private sector institutions to changes in state-level factors stem from differences in their main sources of …
Book Review: Why Does College Cost So Much?, Edward J. Smith, Brian A. Sponsler
Book Review: Why Does College Cost So Much?, Edward J. Smith, Brian A. Sponsler
Journal of Student Financial Aid
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Is College A Good Investment?: An Economic And Policy Analysis, Beth Akers
Is College A Good Investment?: An Economic And Policy Analysis, Beth Akers
Brookings Scholar Lecture Series
This lecture provides a theoretical framework for thinking about the financial returns on the investment in higher education degrees and will present the latest empirical finding on this question. The discussion will touch on the topics of rapid tuition inflation, for-profit colleges, student loan debt, and the potential for a fiscal crisis in the market for student loans.