Educational costs, prices and financial aid

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    • Skinner, Rebecca
    • Naughton, Blake Alan

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Educational costs, prices and financial aid

Rebecca R. Skinner and Blake Alan Naughton

Nova Science Publishers, c2008

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"Novinka" -- on cover

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Description

The rising cost of attending U.S. colleges and universities is a growing concern, as most Americans believe that college is out of financial reach for many otherwise qualified students. For federal policymakers, concerns focus on issues of affordability, access for low income students, and whether federal student financial aid is keeping pace with rising prices. This book presents the current status and historical trends of college costs, with an emphasis on the prices undergraduate students are ultimately charged at the varying types of institutions of higher education and how they pay for post-secondary education using student financial aid.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Definitions of Cost and Price
  • Cost of a College Education
  • Revenues
  • Expenditures
  • Sticker Price of a College Education
  • Subsidising Costs
  • In-State Versus Out-of-State Tuition at Public Institutions
  • Price of Attendance
  • Other Ways of Interpreting Price
  • Tuition and Fees Adjusted for Inflation
  • Price as a Share of Family Income
  • Prices by State
  • Net Price of a College Education
  • Federal Financial Aid
  • Pell Grants
  • Loan Programs
  • Students Receiving Aid
  • Net Price After Grants
  • Influences on College Costs and Prices
  • Influences on Costs
  • Establishing Price at Public Institutions
  • State Support
  • Establishing Price at Private Institutions
  • Tuition Discounting and Net Price
  • Federal Policy Effects on College Price
  • Federal Financial Aid and Sticker Price
  • Federal Tax Legislation and Sticker Price
  • Actions at the State and Institutional Levels
  • Tuition and Fees
  • Reducing Costs
  • College Credits
  • Issues for the Higher Education Act Reauthorization
  • Price Indices
  • Controlling College Costs
  • Earning College Credits
  • Relieving Regulatory Burden
  • Providing Better Public Information
  • Appendix. Average Undergraduate Tuition and Fees
  • Index.

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