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Download full textDesrochers, 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.; 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.; Wellman, Jane V. – Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability, 2011
"Trends in College Spending, 1999-2009: Where does the money come from? Where does it go? What does it buy?" is the fourth in a series of reports on college and university spending from the Delta Cost Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability. The mission of the Delta Cost Project is to improve public…
Descriptors: Accountability, Economic Progress, Higher Education, Educational Finance
Desrochers, Donna M.; Lenihan, Colleen M.; Wellman, Jane V. – Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability, 2010
"Trends in College Spending, 1998-2008: Where does the money come from? Where does it go? What does it buy?" is the third in a series of reports on college and university spending from the Delta Cost Project. The findings presented in this report concentrate on the 1998 to 2008 time period--the last academic year for which spending data are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Public Sector, Income
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
Wellman, Jane V.; Desrochers, Donna M.; Lenihan, Colleen M.; Kirshstein, Rita J.; Hurlburt, Steve; Honegger, Steve – Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability, 2009
How do colleges and universities spend their money? To most, it's a black box. The public looks at tuitions, states look at appropriations, trustees look at the endowment, and department managers look at their budgets. How colleges actually spend their money is barely understood by the general public and even many policy makers. In the current…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Politics of Education, Cost Indexes
