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Affordability And State Support For Higher Education

Document Type

Book Chapter

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Handbook of Research on Revisioning and Reconstructing Higher Education After Global Crises

First Page

102

Last Page

120

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has helped to accelerate an already declining rate in college enrollment in the U.S. tuition, and college fees have continued to outpace inflation, pricing some students out of higher education. State appropriations can help offset the cost of college, but state support varies significantly. While some states have been creative in promoting college affordability by adoption programs including bans on scholarship displacement and promise programs, others have reduced funding. Why has the state-level response differed so significantly? In exploring this question, this chapter examines the influence of state-level factors on state appropriations for higher education for the years 2010 through 2020. Pooled cross-sectional time series data that controls for variation between states and over time is used.

Department

Department of Political Science

Original Publication Date

1-20-2023

DOI of published version

10.4018/978-1-6684-5934-8.ch005

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