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Direct linkDaniel Sparks – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
In response to rising college tuition and student debt over the past three decades, some institutions, localities, and states have implemented a range of tuition-free promise programs to promote college access and success. Programs vary widely in their design features, including eligibility stipulations and award structure. I explore the growing…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Educational Policy, Eligibility, State Programs
Kyongsei Sohn; Sandeep Singh; John T. Gardner – Journal of Education Finance, 2022
New York State (NYS) launched the Excelsior Scholarship in 2017. It is designed to make college tuition-free for students who attend publicly funded institutions and meet certain criteria. Is this scholarship a good investment for taxpayers of NYS? How long does it take taxpayers to recover their investment? This case analysis takes a perspective…
Descriptors: Scholarships, State Programs, Taxes, Tuition
Jilleah Welch – Journal of Education Finance, 2023
This paper examines how colleges respond to the introduction of broad merit aid programs. Previous research has emphasized the impact of merit aid on enrollment, student choices, and post-matriculation outcomes. Yet much less is known about how state-implemented merit aid programs affect colleges' financial decisions. To explore impacts, college…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Tuition, Expenditure per Student, Grants
Download full textUS Department of the Treasury, 2009
Making college education more affordable is a central goal of the Obama Administration and has been a focus of Vice-President Biden's Taskforce on the Middle Class. To that end, the Task Force asked U.S. Treasury Department to prepare this report on how to make Section 529 college savings plans a more effective and reliable tool for families to…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Family Income, Paying for College, Tuition
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1988
Information is presented on the three prepaid tuition programs and four college savings bond programs currently in operation in the United States, and the fiscal issues involved in their implementation are summarized. The three prepaid tuition programs are in Michigan, Wyoming, and Florida. The characteristics of the three programs are outlined…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Higher Education, Money Management, National Surveys
Kafer, Krista – Heritage Foundation, 2005
School choice is in high demand and growing. Twenty years ago, few states had policies or programs allowing parents the freedom to make choices in their children's education. Today, 11 states and the District of Columbia have state-funded scholarship programs or provide tax relief for education expenses or contributions to scholarship funds. Most…
Descriptors: State Programs, School Choice, Magnet Schools, Home Schooling
