Spellings Commission Report on Affordability and Access to Higher Education: changing demographics, economic crisis and investment in human capital

Mariam Orkodashvili ()

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Abstract: The paper discusses report of The Spellings Commission for Future of Higher Education that was set up to look into the issues facing the higher education system in the U.S., outline the challenges and offer recommendations to tackle the problems. Most importantly, The Spellings Commission Report raised the issue of the role of federal government in the development of higher education system. The paper focuses on one of the issues raised by the Spellings Commission, access to higher education. The paper suggests that today access still remains an issue for higher education in the U.S. Adjusting to changing demographic trends, increased ethnic diversity and increased enrollments with limited federal resources and complicated federal aid system is still a challenge of the future. The question that remains to be answered is: ‘Will the federal government sustain its traditional commitment to equalizing opportunities for higher education?’

Keywords: changing demographics; economic development; economic growth; access to higher education; equity and affordability; federal funding of higher education; workforce; investment in human capital; social capital growth. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A12 A13 A14 A22 A23 E24 H52 H53 I21 I22 I28 J0 J11 J41 N30 O15 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-11-23
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