American Council of Trustees and Alumni (2020). How colleges spend money. This is a tool that allows decision makers to analyze of spending trends in higher education institutions.
Cooper, P. (2017). Pennies on the dollar: The surprisingly weak relationship between state subsidies and college tuition. American Enterprise Institute. This report provides an analysis of the relationship between state funding and tuition.
Doyle, W., & Zumeta, W. (2014). State-level responses to the access and completion challenge in the new era of austerity. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 655, 79-98. This article reviews state responses to funding higher education in light of fiscal challenges.
Mok, S., & Shakin, J. (2018). Distribution of federal support for students pursuing higher education in 2016. Congressional Budget Office. Pages 1-6 provide an analysis of federal support programs to help students offset the cost of higher education.
National Center for Education Statistics. (2020). Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). IPEDS collects data on postsecondary education in the United States in eight areas: institutional characteristics; institutional prices; admissions; enrollment; student financial aid; degrees and certificates conferred; student persistence and success; and academic libraries, institutional, and human fiscal resources.
Pew Charitable Trusts (2019). Two Decades of Change in Federal and State Higher Education Funding. This chartbook highlights the relationship between federal and state support in higher education funding and the variation across states.
Propublica. (2020). Nonprofit Explorer. This site is a database of nonprofit tax returns by ProPublica. Enter the name of the nonprofit and you will find IRS data for multiple years.
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (2019). State higher education finance: FY 2018. This website provides up-to-date information about state higher education finance.
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. (2020). State higher education finance annual report. This is an annual report that provides state level and national funding trends. Pages 1-19 offer you an overview and the sources and uses of state funding.
Tandberg, D. A., Laderman, S. A., Midwestern Higher Education Compact, & University of Michigan, National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good (2018). Evaluating State Funding Effort for Higher Education. MHEC Policy Brief. Midwestern Higher Education Compact. This policy brief evaluates state funding of higher education.
Urban Institute. (2020). Education Data Explorer. This database contains data on institution characteristics, student characteristics, admissions, completions, graduation rates, student loan repayment, and earnings.