College and Careers Tables Library - This site provides data on a range of issues related to college and career readiness, including but not limited to, student financial aid and employment, degrees and certificates awarded, and graduation and completion rates. (National Center for Education Statistics, March 2012)...

Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2010; Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2010; and Graduation Rates, Selected Cohorts, 2002-07 First Look - This report presents findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) spring 2011 data collection. This collection includes student financial aid for the 2009-10 academic year; enrollments for fall 2010; graduation rates; and finance for fiscal year 2010, such as revenues and operating expenditures. Particularly noteworthy is Table 3 on in-migration/out-migration of college students by state. (National Center for Education Statistics, March 2012)...

Tuition and Fees In Public Higher Education in the West: 2011-2012 Detailed Tuition and Fees Tables - This report is the latest update of WICHE's annual report on tuition and mandatory fees at public institutions in WICHE's 15-state region. The report includes an institution-by-institution historical review of tuition changes from year to year, as well as those from one, five, and ten years ago. (WICHE, November, 2011)...

State Policies Regarding Undocumented College Students: A Narrative of Unresolved Issues, Ongoing Debate and Missed Opportunities - This paper describes what has happened in the states around the issue of undocumented college students and provides an update on recent and ongoing activities. It presents arguments--pro and con--about the topics and describes how states are handling the issues. (Alene Russell, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, March 2011)...

Why 529 College Savings Plans Favor the Fortunate - Education Sector’s Chad Aldeman has released a new Charts You Can Trust. (Education Sector, March 2011)...

How Military Veterans Are Using the Post-9/11 GI Bill and Adapting to Life in College - The Post-9/11 GI Bill increased the higher education benefits available to eligible individuals. Offering benefits to nearly 2 million veterans, it is more generous than previous bills but beneficiaries report challenges in using the new benefits. This brief suggests ways institutions can help veterans using the new GI bill. (Rand Corporation, December 2010)...

Trends in College Pricing -- 2009 - Published tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities rose at an average annual rate of 4.9% per year beyond general inflation from 1999-2000 to 2009-10, more rapidly than in either of the previous two decades. The rate of growth of published prices at both private not-for-profit four-year and public two-year institutions was lower from 1999-2000 to 2009-10 than in either of the previous two decades. (The College Board, October 2010)...

How America Pays for College: Sallie Mae's National Study of College Students and Parents - This study of 1,400 undergraduate students and parents reveals that even in a continued period of economic uncertainty, families are digging deeper to invest in what they value: a college degree. Both parents and students opened their wallets wider, tapped more scholarships and grants and borrowed more to pay for the escalating total cost of college. Survey respondents reported the cost of college had increased 17% from the previous year. Parents paid nearly half the share of college costs and students paid roughly one quarter. College savings plans helped 15% of families. To make college more affordable 43% of families reported that their student lived at home. (Gallup, Sallie Mae, August 2010)...

Tuition-Setting Authority and Deregulation at State Colleges and Universities - The arguments for and against tuition deregulation not only involve finance, but also policy and emotion. Declining state appropriations over time, combined with recession-driven state budget cuts compounded by recession-driven enrollment surges, bring the issue of tuition regulation to the fore for many state colleges and universities with few funding sources other than state appropriations or tuition. (Lesley McBain, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, May 2010)...

Student Debt and the Class of 2008 - This report examines student debt in all 50 states and at four-year public and private nonprofit colleges and universities in the U.S. Unemployment climbed from an already challenging 7.6% in the third quarter of 2008 to 10.6% in 2009--the highest third-quarter rate for college studates aged 20 to 24 this decade. (The Project on Student Debt, December 2009)...

Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in the United States: Fall 2009, Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2007-08 and 12-Month Enrollment: 2007-08 First Look - This First Look report is based on the collection of data from more than 6,700 postsecondary education institutions that participate in Title IV federal student financial aid programs. (Laura Knapp, Janice Kelly-Reid and Scott Ginder, National Center for Education Statistics, October 2009)...

Tuition Continues to Rise, But Patterns Vary by Institution Type, Enrollment, and Educational Expenditures - Ninety percent of the fastest-growing jobs in the knowledge economy require some postsecondary education. College graduates can expect to earn, on average, approximately $1 million more over the course of his or her working life than those with a high school diploma. Most students and their families can expect to pay more on average for college than they did just a year ago. The topic of college affordability continues to be an issue of great concern. In summary, this report found that more students are enrolling in college than ever before and an increasingly larger percentage of all students are minorities; the distribution of enrollment has shifted for some minority groups to two-year institutions; the smallest tuition increases occurred at the types of institutions that enroll the largest proportion of students—two-year public schools; increases in average tuition were matched or exceeded by increases in average institutional spending on education at private institutions but not at public institutions. (U.S. Government Accountability Office, November 2007)...

Postsecondary Institutions in the United States: Fall 2006 and Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2005-06 - The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) collects institution-level data from postsecondary institutions across the nation. This report presents findings from the IPEDS fall 2006 data collection, which included two survey components: (1) Institutional Characteristics for the 2006-07 academic year, and (2) Completions covering the period July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006. (Laura Knapp, Janice Kelly-Reid, Scott Ginder and Elise Miller, U.S. Institute of Education Sciences, September 2007)...

Mortgaging Our Future: How Financial Barriers to College Undercut America's Global Competitiveness - This report argues that America’s global competitiveness depends on the ability of our high school graduates to earn at least a bachelor’s degree. As in recent decades, financial barriers are a major factor in preventing large numbers of college-qualified students from earning a bachelor’s degree, particularly those from low- and moderate-income families. This report follows by focuses on how financial barriers created by rising college prices and insufficient need-based financial aid undercut bachelor’s degree attainment in the United States. (The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, September 2006) ...