The Affordability Crisis in
Higher Education in America

Web Sites

• Measuring Up 2008: The National Report Card on Higher Education
  This report from The National Center For Public Policy and Higher Education, concludes that other nations are advancing more quickly than the United States in providing college opportunities for their population which means that the U.S. workforce will not be competitive globally. It also offers a report card by state.
• Access Denied: Restoring the Nation's Commitment to Equal Educational Opportunity
  A Report of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, February 2001.
• Empty Promises: The Myth of College Access in America
  A Report of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, June 2002.
• Losing Ground: A National Status Report on the Affordability of American Higher Education
  This 2002 report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, examines the decreasing affordability of higher education in America and contrasts that with the post World War II period when the G.I. Bill put a college education within reach of most Americans.

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Pittsburgh Region

• Measuring Up 2008: Pennsylvania
  These are the grades given to Pennsylvania by The National Center For Public Policy and Higher Education for its performance in Higher Education. Pennsylvania received an F in Affordability.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The myth of college access
  "Empty promises have left a financial aid crisis in Pennsylvania."
  A 2004 opinion piece by Angelo Armenti Jr., president of California University of Pennsylvania, who is convinced that "The number of students who might like to attend universities but cannot solely for financial reasons is both large and growing."
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: National study finds state lags in working-age adults in college
  A December 3, 2008 article discussing the Measuring Up 2008 Report and Pennsylvania's poor performance.