Higher Ed Inflation Notches 2.8 Percent in 2018 - Rick Seltzer, Inside Higher Ed

Inflation for U.S. colleges and universities tallied 2.8 percent for the fiscal year ending in June 2018, dipping slightly from the previous year but still coming in above a five-year average as institutions faced higher costs on all fronts. The rate of 2.8 percent came in slightly below a mark of 3.3 percent in 2017 on the Higher Education Price Index, a long-running measure of inflation in higher education. But it still slotted in above a 2.4 percent average for the preceding five fiscal years, according to the Commonfund Institute, a branch of the investment giant Commonfund that is focused on education and research activities and that released the latest figures Monday. https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/12/11/higher-ed-inflation-notches-28-percent-2018