Cost-Related Tuition Policies and University Enrollments

Hoenack, Stephen A.; Weiler, William C.

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“…The distance a student must travel to attend college will influence the cost of attendance (Hoenack and Weiler 1975). Lower local unemployment rates and higher earnings possibilities increase the opportunity costs associated with college enrollment and serve to discourage enrollment, as discussed by Light (1996).…”

Section: A Human Capital Model Of Attritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are the Factors Affecting Dropout Behavior Related to Initial Enrollment Intensity for College Undergraduates?

2006

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit company supported by Deutsche Post World Net. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its research networks, research support, and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion.Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author. We use data from the 1990/94 Beginning Post-Secondary Survey to determine whether the factors associated with long-term attrition from higher education differ for students who initially enrolled part-time as compared to for students who initially enrolled full-time. Using a two-stage sequential decision model to analyze the initial enrollment intensity decision jointly with attrition, we find no evidence of correlation in the unobservables that necessitates joint estimation, but substantial evidence that the factors associated with attrition differ by initial enrollment status. The timing of initial enrollment, academic performance, parental education, household characteristics, and economic factors had a substantially greater impact on those initially enrolled full-time, while racial and ethnic characteristics had a greater impact on those initially enrolled part-time. The results of our study suggest that separate specifications are necessary to identify at-risk full-time as compared with at-risk part-time students.JEL Classification: I21

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Section: A Human Capital Model Of Attritionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are the Factors Affecting Dropout Behavior Related to Initial Enrollment Intensity for College Undergraduates?

2006

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“…Therefore, this elasticity represents the net effect of a price increase at all three Regents schools. Hoenack (1971) and Hoenack and Weiler (1975) reach a similar conclusion in their study of enrollment at UCXA and the University of Minnesota, respectively. If ISU tuition were to increase while fees at U of I and UNI remained constant, the implied reduction in enrollment at ISU presumably would be significantly larger.…”

Section: First-time Resident Freshmen Enrollmentsupporting

confidence: 61%

“…88 Hoenack (1971) Hoenack & Weiler (1975) 19671948-72 Chressanthis 1964-83 (1986 Parker & Summers (1993) 3.38 elasticities of the studies discussed here. EnroUment analysis at the national, state, and institutional levels are present in this section.…”

Section: Aggregate College Enroument Literaturementioning

confidence: 73%

“…Therefore, this elasticity represents the enrollment response of all institutions increasing price, and not the specific institution in isolation. Hoenack and Weiler (1975) examined the enrollment implications of a cost-related tuition policy at the Universi^ of Minnesota. The time-series analysis at the University of Minnesota, College of LAeral Arts found that the demand was elastic, -1.2.…”

Section: Individual Institation Enrollment Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Individual and aggregate demand for higher education: the role of strategic scholarships

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“…Reference [18] sampled two programs at the University of Minnesota, a liberal arts doctoral program and a professional program, in 1971-1972 and concluded that student quality is mostly price insensitive despite a 50% increase in tuition. However, the result is most likely only applicable to institutions of comparable quality and thus demand.…”

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College Costs, Freshman Enrollment, and Student Quality: Evidence from an Urban State University

Chen¹

2016

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Abstract-This research examines the impact of rising college costs on first-time, full-time resident freshman enrollment and quality at a large, urban, public teaching university in the time period 2001-2013. Test results show that freshman enrollment reacts significantly negatively to full-time tuition and fees, with the price elasticity surpassing unity in 2012 and 2013.The steadily increasing education cost has priced out a majority of incoming freshmen who are in the bottom quarter of their high school graduating class, student quality raised from punishing presumably the most economically disadvantaged group. This study also investigates how the university's freshman enrollment responds to tuition and fees charged by its two peers located on the same campus, a state research institution and a community college. No competitive threat comes from the research institution, suggesting that the two universities are in different market enclaves. In contrast, a weak substitution effect is documented between the target institution and the community college. Thus, it is important for the teaching institution to monitor the community college's price as well as its own. In light of President Obama administration's intention to make community colleges virtually free of cost, this realization could not have come at a more critical point.Index Terms-Freshman enrollment, price elasticity, student quality, tuition and fees.

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Cost-Related Tuition Policies and University Enrollments

Cited by 68 publications

References 10 publications

Are the Factors Affecting Dropout Behavior Related to Initial Enrollment Intensity for College Undergraduates?

Are the Factors Affecting Dropout Behavior Related to Initial Enrollment Intensity for College Undergraduates?

Individual and aggregate demand for higher education: the role of strategic scholarships

College Costs, Freshman Enrollment, and Student Quality: Evidence from an Urban State University

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