The
Rising Cost of College Tuition and
the Effectiveness of Government Financial Aid
Wednesday,
February 9, 2000 at 9:30am
and Thursday, February 10, 2000 at 10:00am
342
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuition
generally does not cover the full cost of students’ education
as illustrated in a recent report by the National Commission on
the Cost of Higher Education. The report found that all students
receive a subsidy, whether it is in the form of alumni
contributions or other financial aid.
The
full Committee hearing will focus on three questions: (1) Why do
colleges charge so much for tuition? (2) Does our student aid
system contribute to or mitigate rising costs? and (3) What is
the impact of the student debt burden?
WITNESS
PANEL ONE (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)
David
W. Breneman, University of Virginia, Dean, Curry School of
Education, Charlottesville, VA
Professor
Caroline Minter Hoxby, Department of Economics, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
William
F. Massy, President, Jackson Hole Higher Education Group, Inc.,
Jackson, WY
William
E. Troutt, President, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN and Chairman,
National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education
WITNESS
PANEL TWO
Claire
Lynn Gaudiani, President, Connecticut College, New London, CT
(Wed., February 9, 2000)
Michael
S. McPherson, President, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
(Thursday, February 10, 2000)
Lawrence
E. Gladieux, Executive Director for Policy Analysis, The College
Board, Washington, DC
(Thursday,
February 10, 2000)
WITNESS
PANEL THREE
(Thursday, February 10, 2000)
Jerry
S. Davis, Vice President for Research, USA Group Foundation,
Indianapolis, IN
Patricia
Somers, Associate Professor of Higher Education, University of
Missouri - St. Louis, MO
Mark
Kantrowitz, Publisher, FinAid Page, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, PA
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