Financing college tuition : government policies and educational priorities / Marvin H. Kosters, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kosters, Marvin H.

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--United States--Finance.

Education, Higher.

United States.

Finance.

Education, Higher--Finance--Government policy--United States.

Education, Higher--Finance.

Government policy.

Federal aid to higher education--United States.

Federal aid to higher education.

College costs--United States.

College costs.

Physical Description:

x, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, 1999.

Summary:

As college enrollment has risen, so too has the difficulty some young people and their parents experience in paying for a college education. New federal policies to provide additional money for postsecondary schooling raise a number of questions.

Is college-level schooling most in need of national policy attention? Or are problems at the elementary and secondary level more pressing? Will more resources help to ameliorate shortcomings in educational performance? Will making more money available to pay college tuition and other costs increase college enrollment? Will assurance that grants, loans, and tax abatement will be available to help pay out-of-pocket costs for college appreciably reduce disparities in college enrollment for families with different income levels?

Contents:

1 Introduction / Marvin H. Kosters 1

2 Budgets, Priorities, and Investment in Human Capital / Eric A. Hanushek 8

3 Where Should Federal Education Initiatives Be Directed? / Caroline M. Hoxby 28

4 Reforming Public Subsidies for Higher Education / Thomas J. Kane 53

5 Can Tuition Policy Combat Rising Wage Inequality? / Stephen V. Cameron, James J. Heckman 76.

Notes:

"Publisher for the American Enterprise Institute."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0844740756

0844740764

OCLC:

39627640