New Look at Solving the Undergraduate Yield Problem: The Importance of Estimating Individual Price Sensitivities

Autor/inn/en	Siefert, Linda; Galloway, Fred
Titel	New Look at Solving the Undergraduate Yield Problem: The Importance of Estimating Individual Price Sensitivities
Quelle	In: College and University, 81 (2006) 3, S.11-17 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0889
Schlagwörter	Problem Solving; Undergraduate Study; Computation; Universities; Cost Effectiveness; Models; Probability; Regression (Statistics); Undergraduate Students; Private Colleges; Student Financial Aid; Scholarship Funds; Research Methodology; Grade Point Average; Enrollment Management; Paying for College; Admissions Officers; Supply and Demand; Student Diversity; College Admission + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Problemlösen; Grundstudium; University; Universität; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Analogiemodell; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Privathochschule; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Bundesausbildungsförderungsgesetz; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Bedarfsplanung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung
Abstract	Although colleges and universities interested in the most cost-effective way of diversifying their entering class or meeting enrollment targets have an array of analytical techniques to choose from, issues of accuracy, scope, and usability continue to slow their widespread use. To address these issues, this article develops an institutional enrollment probability model using logistic regression that explores the use of an alternative measure of average price sensitivity, one which produces and takes into account each individual student's price sensitivity. When the model was applied to the more than 13,000 students admitted over a four-year period to a private university located in the southwestern United States, the resulting average price sensitivity was significantly lower than that found in the empirical literature, which is hardly surprising given the non-linearity of the logistic distribution. In the final section, the full set of student-specific price sensitivities is used to describe how financial aid and admissions professionals can work together to maximize the value of each additional scholarship dollar. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10