Attendance Spillovers between Public and For-Profit Colleges: Evidence from Statewide Variation in Appropriations for Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-456
Author(s):  
Sarena Goodman ◽  
Alice Henriques Volz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Institutional Resources ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities ◽  
New Evidence

Between 2000 and 2010, U.S. public colleges and universities experienced widespread and uneven changes in funding from state and local appropriations. We find that over this period annual decreases in statewide appropriations led to lower public enrollment and higher for-profit enrollment (with no effect on enrollment overall), as well as increased student borrowing. In an analysis of mechanisms, we detect effects on spending, tuition, and capacity in the public sector. Altogether, the results reveal that core institutional resources affect the types of schools that students attend and yield new evidence of substitution between the public and for-profit sectors.

Enterprise Model

2011 ◽  
pp. 932-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick R. Lowenthal ◽  
John W. White
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Enterprise Model ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities ◽  
Administrative Structures

Institutions of higher education find themselves in precarious times. First, they are being expected to do more with less; most public colleges and universities are finding their budgets cut each year (Krupnick, 2008; Lyndsey, 2007; Will, 2003). As a result, many universities are attempting to save money by increasingly relying on adjunct faculty to teach courses (Finder, 2007). Second, technological change has forced colleges and universities to change the way they do business; specifically, to remain competitive and meet market demands, colleges and universities are offering more courses online each year. In the fall of 2005, an estimated 3.2 million students took at least one online course—800,000 more than during the previous year (Allen & Seaman, 2006). Enrollments are increasing by an estimated 33% per year (Tallent-Runnels et al., 2006). Third, in the age of standards and accountability, colleges and universities must account for student learning in ways like never before (Lederman, 2007). As a result of changes like these, colleges and universities are experimenting with types of organizational and administrative structures and business models that differ significantly from those used in the past. One such model, called the Enterprise Model, is described in this chapter.

scholarly journals Brazil: A For-Profit Giant

2014 ◽  
pp. 21-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dante J. Salto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Fields Of Study

Brazil has become by far the largest higher education system in Latin America, with a large share of enrollments in the private sector. A recently established and fast growing for-profit sub-sector consolidates as one of the largest worldwide. It already surpasses the public sector in enrollment and its role is growing. Public policy has backed the for-profit growth, largely for tax revenue reasons but in recent years the federal government has taken social initiatives that include tax exemption policies for the sub-sector. As indicated by fields of study, the for-profit sub-sector shares some important characteristics with the nonprofit sub-sector, contrasting dramatically to the public sector.

Book Reviews

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 1007-1008
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
College Student ◽  
The United States ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Urban Institute ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities ◽  
Higher Education Costs

Sandy Baum of The Urban Institute reviews “The Impoverishment of the American College Student,” by James V. Koch. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the reasons for increasing higher education costs, focusing on four-year public colleges and universities in the United States.”

Resilient campuses: Leveraging resources among small- and moderate-sized institutions of higher education

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Rebekah Green, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities ◽  
Policy Problems

Universities and colleges provide students with an opportunity to grow personally and professionally through a structured series of learning experiences. Yet disasters can interrupt traditional place-based education and prove to be intractable policy problems. The challenges of developing robust plans and drilling them extensively are most pronounced among smaller public colleges and universities. This article describes how three small- to moderate-sized higher education institutions formed a consortium to better prepare for emergencies, despite limited resources. Together the institutions built common templates, hired joint staff, and created a suit of joint exercises appropriate for their small size and campus-specific needs. In the process, they shared unique perspectives that improved resilience across the institutions.

scholarly journals Demystifying Tuition? A Content Analysis of the Information Quality of Public College and University Websites

AERA Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 233285841986765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura A. Davis ◽  
Gregory C. Wolniak ◽  
Casey E. George ◽  
Glen R. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Public College ◽  
Institutional Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
College And University ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities

Colleges and universities increasingly rely on their websites to recruit students and convey information about tuition and costs of attendance. Given evidence of growing complexity in institutional tuition policies and cost-setting practices, the study examined how institutions’ websites present financial information to the public. Through content analysis of website data from 50 public colleges and universities, researchers sought to characterize patterns in the scope and quality of tuition information on institutional websites and to understand how these patterns might influence individuals’ conceptions of tuition and costs. The findings point to variation in informational quality across dimensions ranging from clarity of language use and terminology, to consistency and coherence of visual displays, which accompany navigational challenges stemming from information fragmentation and discontinuity across pages. Implications for research and improved institutional practice are discussed.

Guns on Campus: Surveying a rugged post-Heller/ McDonald landscape

2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 77-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leif Magne Lervik
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Colleges ◽  
Concealed Weapons ◽  
Second Amendment ◽  
Academic History ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Public Colleges And Universities ◽  
The Right ◽  
The U.S

In June 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees an individual the right to keep and bear arms. Two years later, this decision was also made applicable to state and local governments. Today, seven U.S. states have provisions allowing the carrying of concealed weapons on their public senior high school campuses. This article, introduced by a brief comment on the Second Amendment’s legal and academic history, traces several recent developments of legal change. It discusses relevant arguments and attitudes towards guns on campus, and explores issues of future concern for public colleges and universities within the realm of firearms and campus safety.

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