United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Health, Education, and Human Services Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-09-30 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:HEHS-98-227 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-227 P0b002ee180387d2d f:he98227 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-227 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-227 HEHS-98-227 Community colleges Teacher salaries Education or training costs Student financial aid Inflation Higher education College students Colleges and universities Higher Education Price Index Letter Report HEHS On a percentage basis, tuition has risen faster at both four-year and two-year public colleges and universities than it has at four-year private institutions--30 percent versus 17 percent in the past five years. However, four-year private schools, which had much higher tuition costs to begin with, had dollar increases that were greater than those of four-year and two-year public schools. The relative size of a school, whether public or private, appeared to have no relationship to the rate of increase. At both four-year public and private schools, the size of tuition increases was statistically linked to several other financial variables, including schools' revenues from grants, contracts, and gifts and changes in schools' costs to provide education. In the case of public schools, changes in government appropriations for higher education were also a factor. Tuition rises at community colleges have closely paralleled increases at four-year public schools in recent years. States, consortiums of schools, and individual colleges and universities have all taken steps to cut schools' operating costs in recent years--from eliminating academic departments to boosting class sizes to privatizing such operations as bookstores and food services. However, these measures may not necessarily lead to lower tuition for students because schools' costs may be only one of several factors considered when decisions on setting tuition are made. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-227/html/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-227.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-227/pdf/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-227.pdf GAO/HEHS-98-227 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-HEHS-98-227 Letter Report GAO/HEHS-98-227; Higher Education: Tuition Increases and Colleges' Efforts; Community colleges Teacher salaries Education or training costs Student financial aid Inflation Higher education College students Colleges and universities Higher Education Price Index