Title
ILR Impact Brief - College Tuition Creeps Ever Higher — Here’s Why
Publication Date
December 2007
Abstract
[Excerpt] A variety of factors are responsible for the rapidly escalating costs of undergraduate education in the United States. Concern about quality — of students, faculty, course offerings, physical plant, and image — militates against a focus on efficiency and productivity at the selective private colleges and universities; a perception among students and families that price signals quality gives the less selective privates cover to keep raising rates. Public colleges and universities, where relatively higher increases have been recorded, continue to grapple with diminishing state appropriations as a share of their budgets.
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Suggested Citation
Ehrenberg, R. G. (2007). College tuition creeps ever higher - Here's why (Impact Brief #25). Ithaca, NY: School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/37
For a more in-depth analysis, please see: Ehrenberg, R. G. (forthcoming). The economics of tuition and fees in American higher education. In The International Encyclopedia of Education. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.
The ILR Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy. The Briefs are prepared by Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, ILR School.
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