TY - JOUR
T1 - Equity and efficiency of community college appropriations
T2 - The role of local financing
AU - Dowd, Alicia C.
AU - Grant, John L.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This study analyzes the equity of community college financing and demonstrates intrastate variations in appropriations to community colleges. The ratio of 90th to 10th percentile values ranges from 2.0 to 2.8 in half of the states analyzed, levels which are considered high in comparison to K-12 finance inequities. In 10 states with high revenue disparities, the direction of revenue deviations is more often progressive in state-funded than in local-share states, suggesting that the local role may undermine equity. This paper explores differences in economies of scale, geographic costs, and program costs as factors determining funding disparities.
AB - This study analyzes the equity of community college financing and demonstrates intrastate variations in appropriations to community colleges. The ratio of 90th to 10th percentile values ranges from 2.0 to 2.8 in half of the states analyzed, levels which are considered high in comparison to K-12 finance inequities. In 10 states with high revenue disparities, the direction of revenue deviations is more often progressive in state-funded than in local-share states, suggesting that the local role may undermine equity. This paper explores differences in economies of scale, geographic costs, and program costs as factors determining funding disparities.
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U2 - 10.1353/rhe.2005.0081
DO - 10.1353/rhe.2005.0081
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:30744478654
SN - 0162-5748
VL - 29
SP - 167
EP - 194
JO - Review of Higher Education
JF - Review of Higher Education
IS - 2
ER -