College Pricing & Financial Aid

Reports

College Board- Trends in Higher Education Series

Trends in College Pricing 2007 (October, 2007)
Trends in Student Aid 2007 (October, 2007)
Education Pays 2007: The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society (September, 2007)

U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics

Wei, C.C., and Berkner, L. (2008). Trends in Undergraduate Borrowing II: Federal Student Loans in 1995–96,1999–2000, and 2003–04 (NCES 2008–179). National Center for Education Statistics, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC.
Berkner, L., and Wei, C.C. (2006). 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04): Undergraduate Financial Aid Estimates for 12 States: 2003–04 (NCES 2006-158). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Berkner, L., and Wei, C.C. (2006). Student Financing of Undergraduate Education: 2003–04, With a Special Analysis of the Net Price of Attendance and Federal Education Tax Benefits (NCES 2006-186). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Choy, S., Li, X. (June, 2006). Dealing With Debt: 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients 10 Years Later. (NCES 2006-156). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Cunningham, A.F. (November, 2005). Changes in Patterns of Prices and Financial Aid. (NCES 2006-153). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Berkner, L., He, S., Lew, S., Cominole, M., and Siegel, P. (February, 2005). 2003–04 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:04) Student Financial Aid Estimates for 2003–04. (NCES 2005–158). U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Other Recent Publications and Projects

Project on Student Debt Financial Aid Pledges: A number of colleges have recently announced financial aid policy changes that limit or eliminate student loans from financial aid packages. The Project on Student Debt maintains a list of pledges offered and an analysis comparing the net cost of attendance at schools with this type of pledge.
Heller, Donald E. (May, 2008). Student Access and Strategie Pricing. New York: TIAA-CREF Institute.
Mierzwinski, E., Lindstrom, C. (March, 2008) The Campus Credit Card Trap: A Survey of College Students and Credit Card Marketing. Washington, DC: The U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
Frankle, D., Shireman, R. (April, 2008) Denied: Community College Students Lack Access to Affordable Loans. Washington, DC: The Project on Student Debt.
Lumina Foundation for Education. (March 2006). Seeking Solutions: A Gathering at the Summit. Indianapolis, IN: Lumina Foundation for Education. (Proceedings from a national summit on college costs held in November 2005).
American Council on Education (August, 2007) Who Borrows Private Loans? Washington, DC: American Council on Education.
Cunningham, A., McSwain, C. (December, 2006). The Future of Private Loans: Who is Borrowing, and Why? Washington, DC: Institute for Higher Education Policy.
Baum, Sandy and Lucie Lapovsky. (September, 2006). Tuition Discounting: Not Just a Private College Practice. New York: The College Board.
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (September 2006). Mortgaging Our Future: How Financial Barriers to College Undercut America's Global Competitiveness. Washington, DC: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.
The Project on Student Debt (August, 2006). Student Debt and the Class of 2005. Washington, DC: The Project on Student Debt.
Price, Derek V., Davis, Ryan J. (June, 2006). Institutional Grants and Baccalaureate Degree Attainment . Washington, DC: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
The Project on Student Debt. (February, 2006). Addressing Student Loan Repayment Burdens: Strengths and Weaknesses of the Current System. The Project on Student Debt.
King, Jacqueline E. (February, 2006). Missed Opportunities Revised: New Information on Students Who Did Not Apply for Financial Aid. Washington, DC: American Council on Education (ACE) Center for Policy Analysis.
Lumina Foundation for Education. (October 2005). Course Corrections: Experts Offer Solutions to the College Cost Crisis. Indianapolis, IN: Lumina Foundation for Education.
Excelencia in Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. (August, 2005). How Latino Students Pay for College: Patterns of Financial Aid in 2003-04. Washington, DC: Excelencia in Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy.
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). (August, 2005). Federal Student Financial Aid: A National Profile of Programs in Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Washington, DC: NASFAA.
Vincent, Fay. (June, 2005). No Merit in these Scholarships. Policy Perspectives. Washington, DC: Educational Policy Institute.
Institute for Higher Education Policy. (May, 2005). Private Scholarships Count: Access to Higher Education and the Critical Role of the Private Sector. Washington, DC: In collaboration with Scholarship America and the National Scholarship Providers Association.
Perna, Laura and Lawrence Gladieux. (May, 2005). Borrowers Who Drop Out: A Neglected Aspect of the College Student Loan Trend. San Jose, CA: Prepared for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.