Previous studies of union wage effects in higher education have examined faculty salaries, but not...

[Excerpt] The United States no longer leads the world in college completion rates. Inequality in...

[Excerpt] A variety of factors are responsible for the rapidly escalating costs of undergraduate education...

This paper provides an introduction to the economics of tuition and fees in American Higher...

[Excerpt] Public colleges and universities are in danger of losing their place as engines of...

Doctoral programs in the humanities and related social sciences are characterized by high attrition and...

[Excerpt] Trustees of public and private research universities have a fiduciary responsibility to act in...

[Excerpt] In this paper, we go inside the “black box” of graduate education to investigate...

[Excerpt] The nature of faculty employment practices at American colleges and universities is changing rapidly....

In this paper the author discusses the various factors which have contributed to a substantial...

[Excerpt] Differences in inequality in college enrollment rates across students from families of different socioeconomic...

Average faculty salaries at American colleges and universities differ widely across fields at American colleges...

[Excerpt] It is well-known that test scores are correlated with students’ socio-economic backgrounds. Hence to...

[Excerpt] On average, the typical American citizen who received a PhD during the last 40...

This paper, presented at the ORAU/CGS Conference on Graduate Education and American Competitiveness in Washington,...

In this paper, the author traces the causes and effects of the recent cuts in...

In this review, the author posits that Richard Vedder’s book Going Broke By Degree: Why...

During the last two decades, there has been a significant growth in the share of...

This paper discusses the reasons for the recent decline in Economics PhDs given out to...

In this paper, presented at the NACUBO annual meetings in Milwaukee in 2004, the author...

This paper, presented at the conference on Now What: Affirmative Action and Higher Education in...

This paper discusses the benefits of universities maintaining and utilizing institutional researchers, citing specific examples...

[Excerpt] The last two decades of the twentieth century saw a significant growth in the...

[Excerpt] American colleges and universities are increasingly substituting non-tenure track full-time and part-time faculty for...

Using new data on intercollegiate athletes, this article shows that recent improvement in Title IX...

[Excerpt] U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) shook up the college guide industry when it...

[Excerpt] The last two decades of the twentieth century saw a significant growth in the...

[Excerpt] The recent economic downturn in the United States has led to severe current and...

[Excerpt] Public elementary and secondary education is financed in many states at least partially at...

Scientific research has come to dominate many American university campuses. The growing importance of science...

[Excerpt] My remarks today relate to the “Financing of American Higher Education Institutions in the...

Our report briefly summarizes findings from the 2002 Cornell Higher Education Research Institute survey of...

[Excerpt] The economics of higher education goes back at least to Adam Smith, who suggested...

[Excerpt] While there have been numerous studies of the determinants of total annual giving and...

[Excerpt] The study of academic labor markets by economists goes back at least to Adam...

[Excerpt] Within many large states there are multiple 2-year and 4-year institutions. In 1998-99, only...

[Excerpt] The eight Ivy League institutions – Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and...

[Excerpt] So institutions at all places in the selectivity game are thinking about their US...

[Excerpt] In an important paper written for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher...

[Excerpt] While many faculty members associated with the arts and humanities and the social sciences...

[Excerpt] The Ivy League, which consists of Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and...

[Excerpt] Our study makes use of data from a panel of over 400 private colleges...

[Excerpt] An extraordinary amount of research has already been directed towards understanding the behavior of...

[Excerpt] In recent years, tuition has similarly continued to increase by more than inflation. However,...

[Excerpt] Large numbers of faculty retirements in the years ahead will provide institutions with the...

[Excerpt] In 1998-99, Cornell University and Duke University were ranked second and third in the...

[Excerpt] When we ask whether class size matters for achievement, it is essential to ask...

[Excerpt] Over 30 years ago William Bowen (1967) studied data from a set of selective...

Despite the widespread popularity of the U.S. News & World Report College rankings there has...