Findings
Institution-Based Aid
- Institution-based aid, which includes institutional scholarships, fee waivers,
loans, work-study, and money from private sources, totaled $1 billion in 1995-96,
up nearly 70 percent since 1990-91 after adjusting for inflation. Only federal loan
programs provided a larger amount of aid to California students. (See Tables 2/2a.)
- Institution-based aid in the public sector totaled more than $510 million in
1995-96, almost double the amount in 1990-91 after adjusting for inflation. In 1993-94,
in fact, public institutions surpassed independent nonprofit institutions in the
volume of such assistance awarded. Institution-based aid for the independent sector
also grew-albeit at a slower rate-almost 50 percent in constant dollars from 1990-91
to 1995-96. (See Table 2a and Figure 13.)
- Among the public segments, institution-based aid increased 134 percent at CSU
and more than 55 percent at UC. Though starting from a very small base, the public
community colleges generated the largest increase (208 percent) in institution-based
aid. (See Table 3a and Figure 14.)
- In inflation-adjusted dollars, state general fund expenditures for all higher
education declined precipitously in the early 1990s, then increased slightly in the
mid-1990s. Over these same years, general fund support for segment-specific student
aid increased significantly for the public community colleges, while remaining roughly
flat for UC and CSU. (See Tables 8/8a and Figure 15.)
- Student fee revenue financed an increasing share of institution-based aid in
the early 1990s, almost 60 percent by 1993-94. In 1994-95 and 1995-96, the reliance
on fees to pay for institution-based aid shifted back toward the 1990-91 level, which
was less than 30 percent. (See Table 8a and Figure 16.)
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