307
Views
1
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Alternative Student-Based Revenue Streams for Higher Education Institutions: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis Using Guaranteed Tuition Policies

References

  • Arnott, A. K. (2012). A descriptive analysis of fees at four-year public universities: Differentiating between tuition and fees (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3530847)
  • Baird, K. (2006a). Do prepaid tuition program affect state support for higher education? Journal of Education Finance, 31, 255–275.
  • Baird, K. (2006b). The political economy of prepaid tuition plans. Review of Higher Education, 26, 141–166.
  • Berry, F. S., & Berry, W. D. (2007). Innovation and diffusion models in policy research. In P. A. Sabatier (Ed.), Theories of the policy process, 2nd ed. (pp. 169–200). Cambridge, MA: Westview Press.
  • Bowen, H. R. (1980). The costs of higher education: How much do colleges and universities spend per student and how much should they spend? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
  • Cellini, S. (2008). Causal inference and omitted variable bias in financial aid research: Assessing solutions. Review of Higher Education, 31, 329–354.
  • College Board (2013). Trends in college pricing: 2013. Retrieved from https://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/college-pricing-2013-full-report-140108.pdf
  • Curs, B., & Singell Jr., L. D. (2002). An analysis of the application and enrollment processes for in-state and out-of-state students at a large public university. Economics of Education Review, 21, 111–124.
  • Delaney, J. A., & Doyle, W. R. (2011). State spending on higher education: Testing the balance wheel over time. Journal of Education Finance, 36, 343–368.
  • Delaney, J. A., & Kearney, T. D. (2015a). Guaranteed tuition policies and state general appropriations for higher education: A difference-in-difference analysis. Journal of Education Finance, 40, 359–390.
  • Delaney, J. A., & Kearney, T. D. (2015b). The impact of guaranteed tuition policies on postsecondary tuition levels: A difference-in-difference approach. Economics of Education Review, 47, 80–99.
  • Delaney, J. A., Kearney, T. D., & Hemenway, B. (2016). Balancing tuition predicatability and affordability: The pitfalls of guaranteed tuition plans. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 48(2), 59–66.
  • Dotterweich, D., & Baryla Jr., E. A. (2005). Non-resident tuition and enrollment in higher education: Implications for tuition pricing. Education Economics, 13, 375–385.
  • Friedberg, L. (1998). Did unilateral divorce raise divorce rates? Evidence from panel data. American Economic Review, 88, 608–627.
  • Froelich, K. A. (1999). Diversification of revenue strategies: Evolving resource dependence in nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 28, 246–268.
  • González Canché, M. S. (2014). Localized competition in the non-resident student market. Economics of Education Review, 43, 21–35.
  • Gumport, P. J. (2012). Strategic thinking in higher education research. In M. N. Bastedo (Ed.), The organization of higher education: Managing colleges for a new era (pp. 18–41). Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Hauptman, A. M. (1990). The tuition dilemma: Assessing new ways to pay for college. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution.
  • Heller, D. E. (1996). Tuition, financial aid, and access to public higher education: A review of the literature. ERIC ID: ED406906.
  • Heller, D. E. (1997). Student price response in higher education: An update to Leslie and Brinkman. The Journal of Higher Education, 68(6), 624–659.
  • Hemelt, S. W., & Marcotte, D. E. (2008). Rising tuition and enrollment in public higher education. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3827. Retrieved from http://ssrn.com/abstract=1305811
  • Hisnanick, J. L., & Rogers, A. L. (n.d.). Household income inequality measures based on the ACS Data: 2000–2005 [Data file]. Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/publications/ACS%20inequality%20report%202000-2005_v2.pdf
  • Illinois Public Act 093–0228 (2003). Retrieved from: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/pub-licacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093–0228
  • Institute for Higher Education Policy. (1999). The tuition puzzle: Putting the pieces together. Washington, DC.
  • Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) (n.d.). IPEDS Data Center [Data file]. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/
  • Jackson, G. A., & Weathersby, G. B. (1975). Individual demand for higher education. The Journal of Higher Education, 46(6), 623–652.
  • Jacobson, L. S., LaLonde, R. J., & Sullivan, D. G. (1993). Earnings losses of displaced workers. American Economic Review, 685–709.
  • Jaquette, O., & Curs, B. R. (2015). Creating the out-of-state university: Do public universities increase nonresident freshman enrollment in response to declining state appropriations? Research in Higher Education, 56(6), 535–565.
  • Kane, T. J. (1995). Rising public college tuition and college entry: How well do public subsidies promote access to college (NBER Working Paper No. 5164). Retrieved from http://www.nber.org/papers/w5164
  • Kane, T. J. (1999). The price of admission: Rethinking how Americans pay for college. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
  • Kim, J. J. (2004, July 27). Putting a cap on tuition expenses: some colleges freeze costs until students graduate, ending steep yearly hikes. The Wall Street Journal, p. D2.
  • Kim, M. M., & Ko, J. (2015). The impacts of state control policies on college tuition increases. Educational Policy, 29(5), 815–838.
  • Krogstad, J. (2012, November 11). State colleges look at tuition freeze to recoup funding. The USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/11/11/state-universities-tuition-freeze-budget-cuts/1698379/
  • Leslie, L. L., & Brinkman, P. T. (1987). Student price response in higher education: The student demand studies. The Journal of Higher Education, 58(2), 181–204.
  • Leslie, L. L., & Brinkman, P. T. (1988). The economic value of higher education. Washington DC: American Council on Education.
  • Mauck, S. (2013, March 19) Personal communication with Sheri Mauck, Associate Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
  • McHugh, R., & Morgan, J. N. (1984). The determinants of interstate student migration: A place-to-place analysis. Economics of Education Review, 3, 269–278.
  • McLendon, M. K., & Hearn, J. C. (2007). Incorporating political indicators into comparative state study of higher education policy. In K. M. Shaw & D. E. Heller (Eds.), State postsecondary research: New methods to inform policy and practice (pp. 11–36). Sterling, VA: Stylus.
  • McLendon, M. K., Hearn, J. C., & Mokher, C. (2009). Partisans, professionals, and power: The role of political factors in state higher education funding. The Journal of Higher Education, 80(6), 686–713.
  • McPherson, M. S. (1978). The demand for higher education. In D. Breneman & C. Finn (Eds.), Public policy and private higher education (pp. 143–196). Washington DC: The Brookings Institute.
  • Mendoza, P., & Berger, J. B. (2008). Academic capitalism and academic culture: A case study. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 16(23), 1–27.
  • Mixon, F. G., & Hsing, Y. (1994). The determinants of out-of-state enrollments in higher education: A Tobit analysis. Economics of Education Review, 13, 329–335.
  • Morphew, C. C. (2002). “A rose by any other name”: Which colleges became universities. The Review of Higher Education, 25, 207–223.
  • Morphew, C. C. (Jan/Feb 2007). Fixed-tuition pricing: A solution that may be worse than the problem. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 39(10), 34–39.
  • National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) (n.d.). Special initiatives. Enhancing affordability. Tuition guarantees. Retrieved from http://www.naicu.edu/special_initiatives/affbrdability/about/enhancing-affordability-pre-2008–09#1:uitionguarantees
  • National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs. (n.d.) Annual surveys [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.nassgap.org/viewrepository.aspx?categoryID=3
  • National Center for Education Statistics (n.d.). Digest of education statistics [Data file]. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/
  • Nelson, G. R. (2008). “Differential tuition by undergraduate major: Its use, amount, and impact at public research universities” ETD collection for University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Paper AAI3297754. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI3297754
  • Nickeas, P. (2009, April 11). Tuition law may be having unintended consequence—higher fees. Dispatch/Argus QCOnline.com. Retrieved from http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/tuition-law-may-be-having-unintended-consequence—/article_29f21679-cc4e-53f6-a680-c5d5c2c06404.html
  • Noorbakhsh, A., & Culp, D. (2002). The demand for higher education: Pennsylvania's nonresident tuition experience. Economics of Education Review, 21, 277–286.
  • Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education (2011, December). FY 2011–12 tuition impact analysis report. Retrieved from http://www.okhighered.org/studies-reports/tuition-impact-analysis-11–12.pdf
  • Paulsen, M. B., & St. John, E. P. (1997). The financial nexus between college choice and persistence. New Directions for Institutional Research, 1997(95), 65–82.
  • Pfeffer, J., & Salancik, G. R. (1978). The external control of organizations: A resource dependence perspective. New York: Haper & Row, Publishers.
  • Rizzo, M. J., & Ehrenberg, R. G. (2004). Resident and nonresident tuition and enrollment at flagship state universities. In C. M. Hoxby (Ed.), College choices: The economics of where to go, when to go, and how to pay for it (pp. 303–353). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
  • Robertson, A. D. (2007). Measuring the impact of guaranteed tuition plans on enrollment at a minority serving public institution (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 3255868)
  • Slaughter, S., & Leslie, L. L. (1997). Academic capitalism: Politics, policies, and the entrepreneurial university. Baltimore: The John Hopkins University Press.
  • St. John, E. P. (1990). Price response in persistence decisions: An analysis of the high school and beyond senior cohort. Research in Higher Education, 31, 387–403.
  • St. John, E. P. (1992). The influence of prices on within-year persistence by traditional college-age students in four-year colleges. Journal of Student Financial Aid, 22, 27–38.
  • St. John, E. P., & Starkey, J. B. (1995). An alternative to net price: Assessing the influence of prices and subsidies on within-year persistence. The Journal of Higher Education, 66(2), 156–186.
  • Supiano, B. (2009, April 24). The psychology of college pricing. The Chronicle of Higher Education, pp. A4–A4.
  • Tandberg, D. A. (2013, October 21). State higher education governance structures [Data file]. Personal communication with David Tandberg, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Florida State University.
  • Tandberg, D. A., & Ness, E. (2011). State capital expenditures for higher education: ‘Where the real politics happens.’ Journal of Education Finance, 36, 394–423.
  • The Council of State Governments. (n.d.). The book of the states. The legislators: Numbers, terms and party affiliations [Data file]. Lexington, KY: Sharing Capitol Ideas.
  • Thomson, S. C. (2005, Fall). “Truth in tuition”: Illinois' novel answer to skyrocketing rates. National CrossTalk, 161–166.
  • Thorne, C., & Wright, S. W. (1999, April 19). Guaranteed tuition programs gaining in popularity across the country. Community College Week, 11, 8.
  • Tolbert, P. S. (1985). Institutional environments and resource dependence: Sources of administrative structure in institutions of higher education. Administrative Science Quarterly, 30, 1–13.
  • Toutkoushian, R. K., & Hillman, N. W. (2012). The impact of state appropriations and grants on access to higher education and outmigration. The Review of Higher Education, 36(1), 51–90.
  • Troutt, M. D., McEwen, T., & Yew, B. K. (1995). Some modeling considerations in deciding multi-year guaranteed tuition rates. Journal for Higher Education Management, 11, 19–30.
  • University of Massachusetts-Amherst Office of the Bursar (2014). Fall 2014/Spring 2015 Tuition and Fees. Retrieved from http://www.umass.edu/bursar/sites/default/files/Fall%202014%20ugrad%20full%20time%20fee%20increase.pdf
  • U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d., a). State revenues [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/govs/state/
  • U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d., b). Median household income [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/statemedian/index.html
  • U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d., c). Population estimates [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/
  • U.S. Census Bureau. (n.d., d). Presidential voting statistics [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/voting.html
  • U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d., a). Consumer price index [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
  • U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. (n.d., b). State unemployment rates [Data file]. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/lau/tables.html
  • Winters, J. V. (2012). Cohort crowding and nonresident college enrollment. Economics of Education Review, 31, 30–40.
  • Zhang, L. (2007). Nonresident enrollment demand in public higher education: An analysis at national, state, and institutional levels. The Review of Higher Education, 31, 1–25.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.