Journal article
Decentralized university budgeting, united with a more flexible tuition structure
Journal of education finance, Vol.39(4), pp.323-343
2014
DOI: 10.1353/jef.2014.0025
Abstract
With tuition revenues replacing state appropriations as the primary source of public university funding, it becomes difficult for universities to use historically based budget allocations and inflexible tuition structures to subsidize high-cost programs. It is argued here that combining targeted subsidies with a flexible tuition structure and decentralized budgeting can increase enrollment, reduce average tuition, increase welfare, and accommodate lower taxpayer support. Effective changes in the structure of tuition can be implemented with legislators required to know only average tuition. These results are illustrated using data from two major public universities: the University of Iowa and the University of Florida.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Decentralized university budgeting, united with a more flexible tuition structure
- Creators
- Gary Fethke - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of education finance, Vol.39(4), pp.323-343
- DOI
- 10.1353/jef.2014.0025
- ISSN
- 0098-9495
- eISSN
- 1944-6470
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2014
- Academic Unit
- Business Analytics
- Record Identifier
- 9984962551102771
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