Analyses
Delta Project Data
The Delta Project has organized data on operating spending and revenues into aggregate measures of costs per student and costs per degree/certificate produced, organized into Carnegie classifications separating public and private nonprofit institutions.
Reports From Other Sources
AGB/NACUBO Survey on College Costs (PDF), is a whitepaper by Jane Wellman for the Association of Governing Boards Initiative on College Costs.
Costs, Prices, and Affordability (PDF), is a background paper for the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education, by Jane Wellman.
Fiscal Survey of States, 2007, by the National Association of State Budget Officers, which produces annual publications on trends in state expenditures, as well as a fiscal survey of the states.
Good Policy, Good Practice, Improving Outcomes and Reducing Costs in Higher Education: A Guide for Policymakers, is a joint report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems.
Measuring Up by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, rates each state on five performance categories for higher education: preparation (how well the state prepares students for college-level work), participation (enrollment access), completion (retention and degree attainment), affordability (prices and aid compared to family incomes), and benefits (financial, cultural and social benefits to the states resulting from higher education). They also have a number of other reports available in several topic areas: access and affordability, college-level learning, state performance, finance, governance, and public opinion.
One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008 (PDF), by the PEW Center on the States, is a trend report on spending for corrections, which includes a snapshot of trends in spending for higher education (declining) compared to trends in spending on corrections (increasing).
Strengthening Board Capacity for Overseeing College Costs (PDF), is a whitepaper by Jane Wellman for the Association of Governing Boards Initiative on College Costs.
What Boards Are Doing – and Not Doing – in Reviewing Institutional Costs (PDF), is a whitepaper by Jane Wellman for the Association of Governing Boards Initiative on College Costs.