Everything’s Bigger in Texas: Examining the Mandatory (and Additional) Financial Burden of Postsecondary Education

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dc.creatorBlack, Victoria G.
dc.creatorTaylor, Zachary W.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-05T17:58:29Z
dc.date.available2018-09-05T17:58:29Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractStudent fees remain an under-researched aspect of postsecondary education and finance (Kelchen, 2016). This study examines the mandatory and additional fees charged to full-time, in-state undergraduate students by public and private not-for-profit four-year institutions in Texas (n=96). Findings demonstrate the average four-year institution in Texas charges over $1,500 per academic year in mandatory fees, $500 higher than the national average. Moreover, private institutions charge an average of $1,100 less than publics, while fees comprise 6.8% of the total cost of attendance at private and 29.1% at publics. Institutions of higher education compose fee explanations above the 12th-grade reading level and only 5.2% of the sample provided fee explanations in a language other than English, thus further marginalizing non-English speaking language populations in Texas. Implications for policy makers, practitioners, and future research are addressed.
dc.description.departmentEducationen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2610WB10
dc.identifier.issn2329-5724
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/68281
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherTexas Education Reviewen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTexas Education Reviewen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesTexas Education Review;Vol. 6, Issue 2
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectfinancial aiden_US
dc.subjectstudent fees
dc.subjecttuition
dc.subjecthigher education
dc.subjectcollege students
dc.titleEverything’s Bigger in Texas: Examining the Mandatory (and Additional) Financial Burden of Postsecondary Educationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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