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2007 NACUBO Tuition Discounting Survey of Independent Institutions

Now in its 16th year, this report provides PDFs of tables summarizing the average discount rates by several institutional characteristics along with a PowerPoint presentation of the results in graphical form.

NACUBO Benchmarking for Student Financial Services - A committee of student financial services professionals from NACUBO member institutions has developed a survey that collects data on 12 performance measures, such as the percentage of student accounts in a collections process; number of third-party bills per FTE staff assigned to bills, and student financial services operating budgets per FTE student.
2008 NACUBO Endowment Study (NES) offers more than 50 data tables on investment performance, asset allocation, and investment management policies, practices, and strategies. The 2008 NES represents 791 college and university endowments totaling more than $412 billion in endowment assets.
2008 NACUBO-Commonfund Endowment Study Follow-up Survey provides an update on endowment investment performance and market values from July 1 through November 30, 2008. All institutions that participated in the full 2008 NACUBO Endowment Study were invited to respond to the Follow-up Survey. A total of 435 responses were received as of December 31, 2008. The Follow-up Survey is available for no charge.

What's New in Higher Education Research?

State Higher Education Finance FY 2007 - The fifth annual SHEF report of state support for higher education shows a 7.7 percent increase in state support from 2006.
The Growing Imbalance: Recent Trends in U.S. Postsecondary Education Finance--from the Delta Cost Project looks at trends in institutional spending patterns. One of the major findings of the study indicates that direct costs of instruction comprise a small proportion of total spending.
Revenue/Expenses - 2004-06 NCAA Revenues and Expenses of Division I Intercollegiate Athletics Programs Report - This new NCAA report reflects significant changes in the data collection and reporting related to finance in intercollegiate athletics. Findings show that just 16 of the more than 300 athletics programs in all of Division I earned a net profit between 2004 and 2006.
Student Access and Strategic Pricing - A new report, released in May 2008, from the TIAA-CREF Institute looks at trends in colleges costs and financial aid, and examines institutional and state responses.

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NACUBO Research Projects

Research staff also design surveys and provide data analysis in other areas of interest to members. Current projects include a survey of the delivery of Student Financial Services on campus. Our recently completed projects cover other areas of interest, including responses to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the NACUBO Cost of College Study.