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14 Dec 2012
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College Spending in a Turbulent Decade: Findings From the Delta Cost Project

A Delta Data Update - 2000-2010

Donna M. Desrochers and Rita J. Kirshstein

Delta Cost Project logo How hard did the Great Recession of 2007-09 hit nonprofit colleges and universities? Were sharp increases in tuition enough to offset declining per-student public funding during the period 2000-10? A new data brief from the Delta Cost Project at AIR focuses on financial struggles of colleges and universities two years after the onset of the Great Recession. Findings show that among nonprofit colleges and universities, community colleges suffered the greatest financial hardships of the decade. In addition, institutional subsidies reached a decade-long low in 2010 across most types of institutions as students covered a larger portion of educational costs.

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14 Dec 2012
Report

College Spending in a Turbulent Decade: Findings From the Delta Cost Project

A data brief from the Delta Cost Project at AIR focuses on financial struggles of colleges and universities two years after the onset of the Great Recession. Among other findings, the data show that among nonprofit colleges and universities, community colleges suffered the greatest financial hardships of the decade.

Topic: 
Postsecondary Education, School Finance

Further Reading

  • Trends in College Spending: 2001–2011
  • Labor Intensive or Labor Expensive? Changing Staffing and Compensation Patterns in Higher Education
  • College Finances Begin to Bounce Back from Recession, But Students Continue to Pay for Most Institutional Costs
  • Increased Reliance on Part-Time College Faculty
  • College Subsidies Hit Decade Low as Students Pay at Least Half of Their Education Cost for the First Time
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