Exploring the Impact of Relative Tuition Increases on the Racial/Ethnic Composition of Public Colleges

• In Event: 46.036 - Perspectives on Pathways to College and Enrollment

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine student response to tuition increases in public postsecondary institutions across student subgroups and to identify how variations in these responses lead to changes in the racial/ethnic composition of institutions. Multivariate analyses are used estimate the effects of tuition increases on enrollment as well as constructed study body racial/ethnic diversity measures.

Authors

• Drew Allen, Princeton University

• Gregory C. Wolniak, New York University