Using data generated for a study of student subsidies (in WPEHE Discussion Paper No. 32), this paper reports on the distribution of capital stocks and the costs of capital services in 2700 colleges and universities in 1991. The $330 billion in physical capital estimated for these institutions...

In our 1991 Brookings book, "Keeping College Affordable: Government and Educational Opportunity", we examined whether our nation's colleges and universities were affordable for Americans of all economic and social backgrounds, and outlined policies aimed at the efficient allocation of government...

This paper estimates the effect of attending historically black college and universities (HBCUs) on future wages of black students.

This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of the analogy of higher education to a for-profit industry where schools are seen as firms and students as customers.

A study was conducted to see whether peer effects could be observed among undergraduates at Williams College, an elite four-year liberal arts school. Specifically, the study explored whether students in the bottom third of their class, with average SAT's of about 1300, would perform better in...