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Background information needed to understand the literature on the impact of price on college attendance (i.e. price-response literature) is provided. After briefly introducing price theory and its use in demand studies in higher education, the major expository articles are reviewed, and major analytical methods used by researchers are examined. Examples from studies that typify these approaches are included, and important facts learned from the literature are summarized. Whether the research was done with multiple regression or with conditional logit analysis, price was seen as an important factor influencing student demand; as price goes up, demand falls. The effect of price varies, however, depending on both the type of student and type of institution. Other factors, such as student's sex, can moderate the effect of price on student demand. Price was significant in explaining female full-time-equivalent enrollment. The impact of a price change affects students differentially depending on their income and ability levels. The impact also differs across types of institutions. Attention is directed to use of the following analysis techniques: regression analyses with different demand functions, linear probability models, and logit analysis. (SW)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert