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Messengers of Bad News or Bad Apples? Student Debt and College Accountability

Darolia, Rajeev - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 277-299

-profit sector, increasingly accountable for the student loan repayment behavior of their students. Such efforts endeavor to protect … taxpayers against the misuse of public money used to encourage college enrollment and to safeguard students against potentially … loan default measures also disproportionately enroll low-income, nontraditional, and financially independent students …

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Are Public Subsidies to Higher Education Regressive?

Johnson, William R. - In: Education Finance and Policy 1 (2006) June, pp. 288-315

This article estimates the dollar amount of public higher education subsidies received by U.S. youth and examines the distribution of subsidies and the taxes that finance them across parental and student income levels. Although youths from high-income families obtain more benefit from higher...

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Lifting All Boats? Finance Litigation, Education Resources, and Student Needs in the Post-Rose Era

Sims, David P. - In: Education Finance and Policy 6 (2011) October, pp. 455-485

Rose v. Council for Better Education (1989) is often considered a transition point in education finance litigation, heralding an era of increasing concern for measurable adequacy of education across a broad spectrum of student needs. Prior research suggests that post-Rose lawsuits had less...

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So Slow to Change: The Limited Growth of Nontax Revenues in Public Education Finance, 1991â€“2010

Downes, Tom; Killeen, Kieran M. - In: Education Finance and Policy 9 (2014) 4, pp. 567-599

We examine changes in the use of nontax revenues for education finance from 1991 to 2010. Beyond the summary of usage over time, we ask whether nontraditional revenues like fees accentuate or mitigate the impact of downturns. More generally, we examine the extent to which school districts have...

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The Unintended Consequences of Property Tax Relief: New Yorkâ€™s STAR Program

Eom, Tae Ho; Duncombe, William; Nguyen-Hoang, Phuong; … - In: Education Finance and Policy 9 (2014) 4, pp. 446-480

New Yorkâ€™s School Tax Relief Program, STAR, provides state-funded property tax relief for homeowners. Like a matching grant, STAR changes the price of education, thereby altering the incentives of voters and school officials and leading to unintended consequences. Using data for New York...

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Charter School Authorizers and Student Achievement

Zimmer, Ron; Gill, Brian; Attridge, Jonathon; Obenauf, … - In: Education Finance and Policy 9 (2014) 1, pp. 59-85

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Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? A Benefit/Cost Analysis of the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program

Wolf, Patrick J.; McShane, Michael - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) January, pp. 74-99

publicly funded private school vouchers to nearly four thousand students to attend any of seventy-three different private … of Education Sciences, found that the students who were awarded Opportunity Scholarships graduated from high school at a … rate 12 percentage points higher than the students in the randomized control group. This article estimates the benefit …

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Policy Makers and Researchers Schooling Each Other: Lessons in Educational Policy from New York

Cunningham, Deborah H.; Wyckoff, Jim - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 275-286

Policy makers and researchers are intrigued with but also frequently frustrated by each other. Although these differences are understandable and predictable, it is clear that research on a variety of educational issues has been both influential and valuable in the development of policy and...

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Funding Special Education by Total District Enrollment: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Policy Considerations

Dhuey, Elizabeth; Lipscomb, Stephen - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 316-331

Several states and the federal government distribute aid for special education programs based primarily on total district enrollment and a fixed aid amount per student, a method called census funding. In this policy brief, we address three questions to help policy makers, educators, and...

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Financial Aid's Role in Meeting State College Completion Goals

Hillman, Nicholas W.; Orians, Erica Lee - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 349-363

. Additionally, by targeting aid in ways that encourage college completion, more students (particularly those who are most …

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