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Information Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Education
- Office of Postsecondary and Higher Education
- Grants and Subsidies for Higher Education
- PA Transfer and Articulation Center
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Pennsylvania’s Tuition Account Program
U.S. Department of Education
National Conference of State Legislatures
Education Commission of the States
Grapevine: A National Database of Tax Support for Higher Education
The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
State Higher Education Executive Officers
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators
National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs
The International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project
National Center for Education Statistics
Information Resources | Research & Reports
Research & Reports
Pennsylvania Reports | National Reports
Measuring Up 2008: The National Report Card on Higher Education: Pennsylvania Profile
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, November 2008
The Cost of Higher Education in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Education, November 2008
A Rising Tide: The Current State of Higher Education in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The Education Policy and Leadership Center and The Learning Alliance for Higher Education, April 2006
2005-2006 Community College Annual Report
Pennsylvania Department of Education, August 2006
Instructional Output and Faculty Salary Costs of the State-Related and State-Owned Universities
Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission, 2003
42nd Annual Survey Report on State-Sponsored Student Financial Aid, 2010-2011 Academic Year
National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs, May 2012
State Higher Education Finance: FY 2011
State Higher Education Executive Officers, March 2012
Trends in College Pricing 2011
The College Board, 2011
Trends in Student Aid 2011
The College Board, 2011
Education Pays: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society
The College Board, 2010
Measuring Up 2008: The National Report Card on Higher Education: Full Report
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, November 2008
Changing Direction: Integrating Higher Education Financial Aid and Financial Policies
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, February 2008
Squeeze Play: How Parents and the Public Look at Higher Education Today
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
Changes in Patterns of Prices and Financial Aid
National Center for Education Statistics, October 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
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
Global Higher Education Rankings: Affordability and Accessibility in Comparative Perspective
Educational Policy Institute, 2005
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
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
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
College Affordability in Jeopardy
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Winter 2003
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
What Students Pay for College: Changes in Net Price of College Attendance Between 1992-93 and 1999-2000
National Center for Education Statistics, September 2003
A Study of Higher Education Instructional Expenditures: The Delaware Study of Instructional Costs and Productivity
National Center for Education Statistics, June 2003
State Tuition, Fees, and Financial Assistance Policies, 2002-03
State Higher Education Executive Officers, June 2003
What Colleges Contribute: Institutional Aid to Full-time Undergraduates Attending 4-Year Colleges and Universities
National Center for Education Statistics, April 2003
Characteristics of Undergraduate Borrowers: 1999-2000
National Center for Education Statistics, January 2003
The College Cost Crisis: A Congressional Analysis of College Costs and Implications for America’s Higher Education System
U.S. Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH) and U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA), 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, 2002
Financing Higher Education in the New Century: The Third Annual Report from the States
State Higher Education Executive Officers, June 2001
The Transformation of Higher Education Through Information Technology: Implications for State Higher Education Finance Policy
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, January 1998










