College Choices - The Economics of Where to Go, When to Go, and How to Pay for It

Klappentext 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 savings accounts! just to name a few.In "College Choices!" Caroline Hoxby and a distinguished group of economists show how students and their families really make college decisions--how they respond to financial aid options! how peer relationships figure in the decision-making process! and even whether they need mentoring to get through the admissions process. Students of all sorts are considered--from poor students! who may struggle with applications and whether to continue on to college! to high aptitude students who are offered "free rides" at elite schools. "College Choices" utilizes the best methods and latest data to analyze the college decision-making process! while explaining how changes in aid and admissions practices inform those decisions as well. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Hoxby, Caroline M Hoxby, Caroline M. Hoxby, Caroline Minter Hoxby, HOXBY CAROLINE
• Assisted by: Hoxby (Editor), Caroline M. Hoxby (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2004
• EAN: 9780226355351
• ISBN: 978-0-226-35535-1
• No. of pages: 335
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 32 mm
• Series: National Bureau of Economic Research; National Bureau of Economic Re; National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; National Bureau of Economic Re; National Bureau of Economic Research; (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports (CHUP); NBER-Conference Reports (CHUP); (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher