Trends in College Spending: Where Does the Money Come From? Where Does It Go?

This new report from the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity, and Accountability examines revenue and expenditure data for nearly 2,000 public and private non-profit colleges and universities (representing more than 75 percent of higher education enrollment) and analyzes recent trends, focusing on the period from 2002 to 2006.  It is the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment of higher education finance in the nation.  As noted in the February 17, 2009 WICHE Policy Alert, the report, " ... calls for greater transparency in higher education finance. By highlighting national data and developing college spending metrics that can be adapted by institutions and states, the report seeks to help policymakers get better performance out of higher education by keeping postsecondary costs contained and tuition increases minimal.”

The full report can be accessed here: http://www.deltacostproject.org/resources/pdf/trends_in_spending-report.pdf