A concern that endowment growth will slow or show retreat and that this will affect strategic investments and financing plans. An interesting and evolving struggle with the implications of the internet. For example, as a result of a free application that Carleton mounted on the web this fall, applications are up 75 percent. How serious those applicants are, and the college's capacity to discern qualified leads, are unanswered questions. If TPI can achieve the tax favored status it seeks, it could change the competitive landscape by providing a superior, national alternative supplanting state pre-paid tuition plans which exclude private institutions.
States continue to develop financing schemes beneficial to the public sector.
Florida has recently funded the Bright Futures program. North Carolina is discussing a need-based program that several lawmakers prefer to see as a Hope style program. As they say, stay tuned.