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ERIC Number: EJ443153
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-1546
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Changes in Pricing Behavior during the 1980s: An Analysis of Selected Case Studies.
St. John, Edward P.
Journal of Higher Education, v63 n2 p165-87 Mar-Apr 1992
Reports on changes in pricing decisions at public and private colleges in a low-cost and a high-cost state in the 1980s. Five liberal arts colleges studied used several pricing strategies: "elite" pricing strategy; "prestige" pricing strategy; and price reduction strategy. Study found multiple causes for price increases, more sophisticated pricing decisions, and effects of federal student aid policies. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Decision Making, Economic Change, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics, Private Colleges, Public Colleges, Student Costs, Trend Analysis, Tuition, Two Year Colleges, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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