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ERIC Number: EJ555715
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Financial Experts Say Smaller Tuition Increases Have Eroded the Value of Prepaid Plans.
Healy, Patrick
Chronicle of Higher Education, v44 n13 pA32-A33 Nov 21 1997
In response to protest over double-digit college tuition increases, several states have slowed tuition growth. However, this trend threatens the value of prepaid tuition plans for investors. The financial return on prepaid tuition is largely tied to tuition rates, and the programs have been marketed as a hedge against rising tuition. Program managers claim plans are still worthwhile. (MSE)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Climate, Higher Education, Investment, Paying for College, State Programs, Trend Analysis, Tuition
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Tuition Prepayment