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Title: A Case Study of the impact of the -NY-SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program Act on Public College enrollment

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: In 2011, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York signed into law NY Senate Bill S5855 establishing the NY-SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program Act. This legislation limited year-over-year resident undergraduate tuition increases in the City University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY) systems to a maximum of three hundred dollars ($300) per year from the 2011/2012 school year to 2015/2016. It also mandated that increases in nonresident undergraduate tuition not exceed 10 percent over the previous year. In addition to the tuition cap, a tuition credit is provided to students whose annual resident undergraduate rate of tuition exceeds five thousand dollars. In order to evaluate the impact of this State led policy on undergraduate enrollment in New York State, the IPUMS-CPS data set for New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts for the period of 2007 to 2014 was used. This study found that state imposed tuition cap and discount in New York State resulted in an increase in overall undergraduate enrollment, with a marked increase in enrollment in Private Colleges.

Url: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/144

Url: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1220&context=hc_sas_etds

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Authors: Daniel Ms., Mekaj T; Daniel, Mekaj T; Ms.,

Institution: City University of New York

Department: Economics

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Publisher Location: New York City, NY

Pages: 1-41

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education

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