Drifting Toward Academic Capitalism: Comparing Pre– to Post–Great Recession Trends of State Appropriations Operations Revenue and Undergraduate International Student Enrollment in Some of America's Elite Public Institutions

• In Event: 60.084 - Roundtable Session 20
  In Roundtable Session: 60.084-11 - Strategic Responses to External Factors in the United States and Canada

Abstract

This research investigates how the recent recession has changed the trajectory of state appropriations, full-time international student enrollment, and tuition and fees collected from full-time international students (FTI) of the public universities in the Big Ten. Using linear regression, this study delves into the relationship between the reductions of state appropriations and increases in FTI students. Results from this study indicate that from pre to post-recession: (a) while appropriations were generally declining pre-recession, post-recession they are generally declining at different rates, (b) there is a significant shift regarding FTI enrollment, (c) collected tuition and fees of FTI students is substantial revenue, (d) and the relationship between appropriations and undergraduate FTI student enrollment is gaining in strength and significance

Author

• Daniel A Collier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign