Follow the Money: Budget Patterns in Public Colleges and Universities Under Guaranteed Tuition Programs

• In Event: 14.045 - Roundtable Session 3
  In Roundtable Session: 14.045-5 - Division J Section 5 Roundtable

Abstract

This paper examines institutional core revenue and expenditure patterns in Illinois public colleges and universities since the implementation of a statewide guaranteed tuition (GT) policy, using a quasi-experimental research design. The results demonstrate a correlating adverse effect on tuition & fee pricing practices and increased expenditures on central administrative expenses (administrative salaries).

Author

• Diane R. Dean, Illinois State University