AGENDA
Affordability Policy Group
March 15, 2004
8 a.m. (ET)
Council on Postsecondary Education
Meeting Room A
Frankfort, KY

1. Introductory remarks - Lois Weinberg
2. History of the Council's tuition policies and analysis of other states' policies - Jonathan Pruitt/Sandy Woodley
   • History of Tuition Policies (1981-2004) Council on Postsecondary Education (57K PDF)
   • Kentucky Public Colleges and Universities - Full-Time Undergraduate Resident Tuition and Fees (17K PDF)
   • HB 395 – Tuition Language (24K PDF)
3. Discussion regarding private colleges' tuition policies/analysis (185K PDF) - Lee Nimocks
4. Legislative update
   1. Budget update - Sandy Woodley
      • Budget Update (47K PDF)
      • 2004-06 House Budget Recommendation (18K PDF)
   2. Bills related to financial aid (73K PDF) - Joe McCormick
   3. Bills related to tuition (3.9MB PDF) - Jonathan Pruitt
5. Reciprocity agreements and tuition waivers (74K PDF) - Dennis Taulbee
6. Adult education issues surrounding affordability - Reecie Stagnolia
   • KYAE Report Card – 2003 (133K PDF)
   • Adult Education -- Affordability (24K PDF)
7. Literature review of recent national/regional articles/studies (162K PDF)
   1. "Subsidies, Hierarchy, and Peers - Journal of Economic Perspectives - Sandy Woodley
   2. "Student Price Response", Journal of Higher Education - Sandy Woodley
   3. "Pricing & Efficiency in Higher Education", Journal of Higher Education - Sandy Woodley
   4. "Unintended Consequences of Tuition Discounting", Lumina - Rana Johnson
   5. "Workforce - How States Link Financial Aid to Workforce", Lumina - Dianne Bazell
   6. "Expanding College Access", Lumina - Bill Payne
   7. "Responding to the Crisis in College Opportunity", Ben Boggs
   8. "High Tuition, Financial Aid, & Cross-subsidization", Southern Economic Journal - Sandy Woodley
   9. "Toward a Theory of Tuition", Williams Project on Economics in Higher Education - Sandy Woodley
8. Next meeting - May 24, 2004
9. Adjournment