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Desrochers, Donna M.; Hurlburt, Steven – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2016
This report examines college and university finances during one of the most turbulent economic periods in decades. The financial ramifications of the 2008 recession were vast, affecting students' ability to pay for college, lawmakers' prioritization of public resources, and the budgetary environment facing higher education leaders. The challenges…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Expenditures
Desrochers, Donna M. – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2013
Athletics are big business on many college campuses, but does this come with a price tag? This issue brief looks at academic and athletic spending in NCAA Division I public universities between 2005 and 2010. Among a host of findings, this brief shows that the athletic departments of most public colleges and universities competing in NCAA Division…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Athletics, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Organizations (Groups)
Desrochers, Donna M.; Kirshstein, Rita – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2014
Skyrocketing college tuitions and trillion-dollar student loan debt have put college and university spending in the spotlight. Policymakers, parents, and students are asking why tuitions at public four-year colleges and universities have soared nearly 160 percent since 1990 and how this is affecting the higher education workforce. This report…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Employment Patterns, Compensation (Remuneration)
Desrochers, Donna M.; Hurlburt, Steven – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2014
This "Trends in College Spending" update presents national-level estimates for the "Delta Cost Project" data metrics during the period 2001-11. To accelerate the release of more current trend data, however, this update includes only a brief summary of the financial patterns and trends observed during the decade 2001-11, with…
Descriptors: Costs, Higher Education, Colleges, Expenditures
Desrochers, Donna M.; Hurlburt, Steven – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2012
This is one in a series of data briefs developed by the Delta Cost Project at AIR using data from the "IPEDS Analytics: Delta Cost Project Database 1987-2010," which was released on August 14, 2012, by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. The intent of these briefs is to update key tables and…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Costs, Tuition, Fees
Desrochers, Donna M.; Kirshstein, Rita J. – Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research, 2012
Two years after the onset of the Great Recession, nonprofit colleges and universities found themselves struggling with their finances. Average per-student spending on academics declined in fiscal year (FY) 2010, and despite per-student spending cuts to prerecession levels at four-year institutions, students shouldered a larger share of the cost…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Economic Climate, Expenditure per Student