by Kenneth E. Redd, director of research and policy analysis at the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators—Learn more about the growing concern among higher education analysts over the increasing use of tuition discounting. (December 2000)

by Jerry S. Davis, vice president for research at the USA Group Foundation—Discover a new way to look at long-term trends in the undergraduate prices at four-year public colleges and families' ability to keep up with increasing college costs. Examine the state-by-state differences in college affordability and graduation productivity. (November 2000)

by Kenneth E. Redd, director of higher education research for the USA Group Foundation—Review comparisons of the after-college success and satisfaction of African-American graduates who attended historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with those who attended predominately or traditionally white institutions. (August 2000)

by Patricia M. Scherschel, director of public affairs at USA Group—Review the latest installment of an ongoing student indebtedness study noting that the average cumulative Stafford indebtedness continues to rise, albeit at a slower rate. (June 2000)

edited by Dr. Allen P. Splete, president of the Council of Independent Colleges—Read success stories highlighting some of the most innovative practices from small colleges across the United States. College presidents reveal practices that have transformed their institutions. (March 2000)

by Lana Low, vice president at Noel-Levitz—Review recent trends in college-student satisfaction. This report reveals how colleges and universities are responding to the significant shifts in student expectations. (February 2000)

by Gary H. Quehl, William H. Bergquist and Joseph L. Subbiondo at the Center for the Study of Innovations in Higher Education—Learn the lessons of history in higher education. (October 1999)

by William L. Stringer and Alisa F. Cunningham, with Jamie P. Merisotis, Jane V. Wellman and Colleen T. O'Brien at the Institute for Higher Education Policy—Understand the relationship between price and cost at American colleges and universities. Learn how an institution's pricing structure may work at cross-purposes with that institution's mission and goals. (August 1999)

by Patricia M. Scherschel, director of public affairs at USA Group—Examine how much debt students are taking on to pay for college and determine whether they will be able to successfully manage that debt. (November 1998)

by William L. Stringer, Alisa F. Cunningham, Colleen T. O'Brien and Jamie P. Merisotis at the Institute for Higher Education Policy—Find out why parents' financial assistance to their children, which appears to be modestly increasing, is covering a diminishing proportion of the average price of college attendance. (October 1998)