Access to College: The Role of Tuition, Financial Aid, Scholastic Preparation and College Supply in Public College Enrollments

Autor/in	Baird, Katherine
Titel	Access to College: The Role of Tuition, Financial Aid, Scholastic Preparation and College Supply in Public College Enrollments
Quelle	In: Journal of Student Financial Aid, 36 (2006) 3, S.16-38 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0884-9153
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Public Colleges; Family Characteristics; Student Financial Aid; Tuition; Access to Education; College Bound Students; College Preparation; Supply and Demand; Paying for College; Family Income; Racial Differences; Enrollment Trends; High School Graduates; White Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Socioeconomic Status; Labor Market; Federal Aid; State Aid + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bedarfsplanung; Familieneinkommen; Rassenunterschied; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt
Abstract	Rapid tuition increases over the last few decades have made public institutions much less affordable than they once were. This and other policy changes may be affecting college enrollment rates across the country. This article examines how student preparation and college supply interact with the usual factors of tuition, financial aid, and family background to explain state by state variation in public college enrollment rates among Black, Hispanic, and White youth over the 1990s. This study finds that rapid tuition increases over the 1990s, changes in federal need-based aid, and steady increases in merit-based financial aid cannot explain variation in public college enrollment rates during the 1990s. What can help explain this variation are a state's expenditures on state need-based aid and its investment in public higher education capacity. The study also finds that differences in the high school completion rate of Hispanic youth, among states and over time, help explain patterns of Hispanic enrollment in public postsecondary institutions. The article concludes that the current policy emphasis of maintaining low tuition may not be the best use of public subsidies in terms of promoting equitable access to higher education. (Contains 3 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. 1101 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-785-0453; Fax: 202-785-1487; e-mail: membership@nasfaa.org; Web site: http://www.nasfaa.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10