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  • RESEARCH & REPORTS [Top]

    Pennsylvania Reports | National Reports

    Pennsylvania Reports

    Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education: Pennsylvania Profile     Full Report  NEW!
    National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, September 2006

    A Rising Tide: The Current State of Higher Education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  NEW!
    By The Education Policy and Leadership Center and The Learning Alliance for Higher Education, April 2006

    The Community and Economic Impact of Independent Higher Education on Pennsylvania
    Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, March 2005

    A Proposal to Improve the Process for Funding the Public Community Colleges of Pennsylvania
    By David R. Pierce, commissioned by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, October 2004

    Financing Higher Education: Critical Issues in Pennsylvania Higher Education
    By Dr. Carol Colbeck, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University, February 2004

    Instructional Output and Faculty Salary Costs of the State-Related and State-Owned Universities
    Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission, 2003

    2001-2002 College and University Basic Student Charges
    Pennsylvania Department of Education


    National Reports

    Squeeze Play: How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today  NEW!
    The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and Public Agenda, May 2007

    State Fiscal Crises and Cuts in Higher Education: The Implications for Access, Institutional Performance, and Strategic Reengineering
    Western Interstate Compact for Higher Education, September 2006

    Promise Abandoned: How Policy Choices and Institutional Practices Restrict College Opportunities
    The Education Trust, August 2006

    Student Financing of Undergraduate Education: 2003–04, With a Special Analysis of the Net Price of Attendance and Federal Education Tax Benefits
    National Center for Education Statistics, August 2006

    Dealing With Debt: 1992-93 Bachelor’s Degree Recipients 10 Years Later
    National Center for Education Statistics, July 2006

    Fixing the Formula: A New Approach to Determining Independent Students' Ability to Pay for College
    By Sandy Baum for the Lumina Foundation for Education and the National Association of Student Finance Aid Administrators, May 2006

    State Higher Education Finance: FY 2005
    State Higher Education Executive Officers, March 2006

    Global Higher Education Rankings: Affordability and Accessibility in Comparative Perspective
    Educational Policy Institute, 2005

    Changes in Patterns of Prices and Financial Aid
    National Center for Education Statistics, October 2005

    Trends in College Pricing 2005
    The College Board, 2005

    Trends in Student Aid 2005
    The College Board, 2005

    Access to the Most Selective Private Colleges by High-Ability, Low-Income Students: Are the Out There?
    By Gordon C. Winston and Catharine B. Hill, William College, October 2005

    How Latino Students Pay for College, Patterns of Financial Aid in 2003-04
    Excelencia in Education, August 2005

    2003-04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study Undergraduate Financial Aid Estimates for 2003-04 by Type of Institution
    National Center for Education Statistics, June 2005

    State Financial Aid: Policies to Enhance Articulation and Transfer
    Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, March 2005

    Debt Burden: A Comparison of 1992-93 and 1999-2000 Bachelors Degree Recipients a Year After Graduating
    National Center for Education Statistics, March 2005

    Postsecondary Participation Rates by Sex and Race/Ethnicity: 1974-2003
    National Center for Education Statistics, March 2005

    The Investment Payoff: A 50-State Analysis of the Public and Private Benefits of Higher Education
    Institute for Higher Education Policy, February 2005

    Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society
    The College Board, 2004

    State Funding for Community Colleges: Perceptions from the Field
    A survey of the members of the National Council of State Directors of Community Colleges, October 2004

    Measuring Up 2004: The Nation's Report Card on Higher Education
    National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, September 2004

    A Decade of Undergraduate Student Aid: 1989-90 to 1999-2000
    National Center for Education Statistics, September 2004

    When Saving Means Losing: Weighing the Benefits of College-savings Plans
    The Lumina Foundation for Education, July 2004

    Paying for College: Changes Between 1990 and 2000 for Full-Time Dependent Undergraduates
    National Center for Education Statistics, June 2004

    34th Annual Survey Report on State-Sponsored Student Financial Aid, 2002-2003 Academic Year
    National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, May 2004

    Challenges for Financing Public Higher Education
    The Rockerfeller Institute State Fiscal News: Vol. 4, No. 2, March 2004

    Expanding College Access: The Impact of State Finance Strategies
    The Lumnia Foundation for Education, February 2004

    Financial Aid and Student Persistence in Public Colleges and Universities
    By Dr. Donald E. Heller, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University, February 2004

    Getting Ready to Pay for College: What Students and Their Parents Know About the Cost of College Tuition and What They Are Doing to Find Out
    National Center for Education Statistics, September 2003

    The College Cost Crisis: A Congressional Analysis of College Costs and Implications for America's Higher Education System
    A report from U.S. Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH), Chairman, House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and U.S. Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Chairman, House Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness

    College Affordability in Jeopardy
    National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Winter 2003

    The Affordability of Higher Education: A Review of Recent Survey Research
    National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, May 2002

    Losing Ground: A National Status Report on the Affordability of American Higher Education
    National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education

    Changing Direction: Integrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financial Policies
    Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

    The Transformation of Higher Education Through Information Technology: Implications for State Higher Education Finance Policy
    Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

    What Colleges Contribute: Institutional Aid to Full-time Undergraduates Attending 4-Year Colleges and Universities
    National Center for Education Statistics

    What Students Pay for College: Changes in Net Price of College Attendance Between 1992-93 and 1999-2000
    National Center for Education Statistics

    Characteristics of Undergraduate Borrowers: 1999-2000
    National Center for Education Statistics

    A Study of Higher Education Instructional Expenditures: The Delaware Study of Instructional Costs and Productivity
    National Center for Education Statistics

    State Tuition, Fees, and Financial Assistance Policies, 2002-03
    State Higher Education Executive Officers

    Financing Higher Education in the New Century: The Third Annual Report from the States
    State Higher Education Executive Officers


    PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATION [Top]

    House Bills | Archived Legislation

    House Bills

    House Bill 108 (Rep. Jess Stairs)
    Pennsylvania Scholastic Achievement Award Act


    Archived Legislation

    Click here to review Higher Education Finance related legislation introduced during the 2005-2006 Legislative Session.

    Click here to review Higher Education Finance related legislation introduced during the 2003-2004 Legislative Session.



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