RESEARCH AND WRITING
Tuition Reset: An Analysis of Eight Colleges that Addressed the Escalating Price of Higher Education – Supported by the Lumina Foundation – Nov. 2015
The White House Project: Benchmarking Women’s Leadership – Edited with Deborah Slaner Larkin, November 2009
Strategic Financial Challenges for Higher Education: How to Achieve Quality, Accountability and Innovation – Edited with Donna Klinger, New Directions for Higher Education, Number 140, Jossey Bass, March, 2008
Roles and Responsibilities of Chief Financial Officers – Edited with Mary McKeown-Moak, New Directions in Higher Education, Number 107, Jossey-Bass, Fall, 1999
SELECTED ARTICLES
“Are There Lessons For The Future Of Higher Education From Expo 2020 In Dubai?” – Forbes, March 2022
“Many Students Limit Their College Choices Because Of Lack Of Information About The Net Price Of College” – Forbes, February 2022
“Reimagine Tuition Considerations for Tuition Setting” – Published by the National Association of Independent Schools, February 2021
“Reimagine-Tuition Is-a-Tuition-Reset-Right-for-Your-School” – Published by the National Association of Independent Schools, February 2021
“The Higher Education Business Model: Innovation and Financial Sustainability” – Published November 2013 by TIAA-CREF
“How Can Your Institution Be More Cost-Effective”– In Association of Governing Board’s Trusteeship July/August 2012
“What is the Net Price Calculator: What do Boards Need to Know” – In Association of Governing Board’s Trusteeship May/June 2011
“Designing a Net Price Calculator” in Inside Higher Education” – March 4, 2011
“Tuition Discounting: Institutional Aid Patterns at Public and Private Colleges and Universities, 2000-01 to 2008-09” – With Sandy Baum and Jennifer Ma published by the College Board, August 2010
“The 2010 Profile of Chief Finance Officers” – With Ken Redd published by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, July, 2010
“Risk Forcast” in the Business Officer, March 2010
“Cap(itol) and Gown” in Mission Matters – Published by the Commonfund Spring/Summer 2009
“Endowment Spending: External Practices and Internal Perceptions” – White Paper published by the Commonfund Institute, March 2009
“Rethinking Student Aid for Nontraditional Students” in The Effectiveness of Student Aid Policies: What the Research Tells Us – Edited by Sandy Baum, Michael McPherson and Patricia Steele, College Board, 2008
“Critical Endowment Policy Issues” in Strategic Financial Challenges for Higher Education: How to Achieve Quality, Accountability and Innovation – Edited by Lucie Lapovsky and Donna Klinger, New Directions for Higher Education, Number 140, Jossey Bass, March 2008
“Do You Know Who is Dropping Out? Three Regression-Analysis Case Histories” – In Recruitment and Retention in Higher Education, August 2007 Volume 21 No. 8
“A Board’s Primer on Bond Ratings” – In Trusteeship, July, August 2007
“Engaging Boards in Conversations About College Costs” – Published by the Association of Governing Boards, November 2006
“Tuition Discounting: Not Just a Private College Practice” – With Sandy Baum published by the College Board, August 2006
“An Alternative Approach to Finding Presidents” – In Inside Higher Education,
May 12, 2006
“The Best-Laid Succession Plans” – In Trusteeship, Jan/Feb. 2006
“The Economic Challenges of Liberal Arts Colleges” – In Liberal Arts Colleges in American Higher Education, American Council of Learned Societies Occasional Paper, no. 59, 2005
“Financial Aid: Does it Matter Whether it’s Funded: No” – With Loren Loomis Hubbell in NACUBO Business Officer, July 2005
“By the Numbers: Tuition Discounting” – With Loren Loomis Hubbell in NACUBO Business Officer, June 2005
“Tuition Discounting: 15 Years in Perspective” – With Loren Loomis Hubbell in NACUBO Business Officer On-line Exclusive, June 2005
“Tuition Discounting and Prudent Enrollment Management” – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges Priorities Series, Number 24, Fall 2004
“Expanding the Higher Education Gateway” – with Loren Loomis Hubbell in NACUBO Business Officer, September, 2004
“Rethinking Policy, Process, and Planning to Redefine Quality and Enhance Student Success” – With Joanne Passaro, Louise H. Feroe, and James R. Metzger, in Changing Student Attendance Patterns edited by Jacqueline King et.al. Number 121, Jossey-Bass Spring, 2003
“Tuition Discounting Continues to Grow” – With Loren Loomis Hubbell in NACUBO Business Officer, March, 2003
“Enrollment Management and Tuition Discounting” – With Loren Loomis Hubbell in Educational Considerations, Fall 2003
“Tuition Discounting in Challenging Times” – With Loren Loomis Hubbell in the NACUBO Business Officer, February, 2002
“Using Benchmarking to Influence Tuition and Fee Decisions” – With Loren W. Loomis Hubbell and Robert J. Massa in Using Benchmarking to Inform Practice in Higher Education edited by Barbara E. Bender and John H. Schuh, Number 118, Jossey-Bass, Summer, 2002
FUNDED RESEARCH
Fall Tuition Survey of Colleges and Universities as of August 1, 2020 – August 2020, Tuition Plans for Fall 2020 Survey – Survey Results
Do Price Resets Work – April 2019
Tuition: Up, Down or Staying the Same – December 2016
This paper presents the results of a survey of CFOs done in fall, 2016 on their tuition setting practices and their assumptions about the impact of tuition changes on enrollment, net tuition per student and total net tuition revenue.
Tuition Reset: An Analysis of Eight Colleges that Addressed the Escalating Price of Higher Education – November 2015
The Changing Business Model for Colleges and Universities –
April 2015
Tale of Three Campuses: A Comparison of Three Small Liberal Arts Colleges –February 2012
Improving the Cost-Effectiveness and Productivity of Higher Education in the U.S. – January 2012
Endowment Spending: External Perceptions and Internal Practices –
March 2009
Report VI for Lumina – On Access, Tuition Discounting and Pricing Comparison of Student Responses in the Fall and Spring – July 2008
Report V for Lumina – On Access, Tuition Discounting and Pricing Parent Spring Results by Race/Ethnicity – July 2008
Report IV for Lumina – On Access, Tuition Discounting and Pricing: Comparison of Student Responses in the Fall and Spring for the Same Students – May 2008
Report III for Lumina – On Access, Tuition Discounting and Pricing: Comparison of Student Responses in the Fall and Spring for the Same Students – May 2008
Report II for Lumina – On Access, Tuition Discounting and Pricing: Student Spring Results by Race/Ethnicity – May 2008
Report I for Lumina – The Methodology On Tuition Discounting and Pricing –March 2008
Research:
College Board
Common Fund
Institute for Higher Education Policy
Jobs for the Future
Lumina Foundation
Nomura Securities
One8 Foundation
University of Tokyo