College choices the economics of where to go, when to go, and how to pay for it / [electronic resource] :
edited by Caroline M. Hoxby.
- University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- 1 online resource (x, 435 p.) : ill.
- A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report .
- National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Going to college and finishing college : explaining different educational outcomes / The new merit aid / The impact of Federal tax credits for higher education expenses / Education savings incentives and household saving : evidence from the 2000 TIAA-CREF Survey of Participant Finances / How financial aid affects persistence / Do and should financial aid packages affect students' college choices? / Resident and nonresident tuition and enrollment at flagship state universities / Student perceptions of college opportunities : the Boston COACH Program / Peer effects in higher education / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Sarah E. Turner -- Susan Dunarski -- Bridget Terry Long -- Jennifer Ma -- Eric Bettinger -- Christopher Avery, Caroline M. Hoxby -- Michael J. Rizzo, Ronald G. Ehrenberg -- Christopher Avery, Thomas J. Kane -- Gordon C. Winston, David J. Zimmerman. Introduction /
Aspiring college students and their families have many options. A student can attend an in-state or an out-of-state school, a public or private college, a two-year community college program or a four-year university program. Students can attend full-time and have a bachelor of arts degree by the age of twenty-three or mix college and work, progressing toward a degree more slowly. To make matters more complicated, the array of financial aid available is more complex than ever. Students and their families must weigh federal grants, state merit scholarships, college tax credits, and college savin.