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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.; 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
Wellman, Jane V.; Desrochers, Donna M.; Lenihan, Colleen M. – Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability, 2008
Despite clear evidence that college tuitions are rising (the only incontrovertible fact in this conversation), the policy debate about college costs is remarkably poorly informed by data about college spending patterns, revenue availability, and the relation between spending and tuition increases. The last national study of trends in college…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Finance, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends