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America’s top colleges are facing record demand. So why don’t they increase supply? (Part 2 of our series from 2022, “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)
- SOURCES:
- Peter Blair, professor of education at Harvard University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Zachary Bleemer, assistant professor of economics at Princeton University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Amalia Miller, professor of economics at the University of Virginia.
- Morton Schapiro, professor of economics and former president of Northwestern University.
- Miguel Urquiola, professor of economics at Columbia University.
- RESOURCES:
- “Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes,” by Suqin Ge, Elliott Isaac, and Amalia Miller (Journal of Labor Economics, 2022).
- “Why Don’t Elite Colleges Expand Supply?” by Peter Q. Blair & Kent Smetters (NBER Working Paper, 2021).
- “Lori Loughlin Pleads Guilty via Zoom in College Admissions Case,” by Kate Taylor (The New York Times, 2020).
- Markets, Minds, and Money: Why America Leads the World in University Research, by Miguel Urquiola (2020).
- “To Cheat and Lie in L.A.: How the College-Admissions Scandal Ensnared the Richest Families in Southern California,” by Evgenia Peretz (Vanity Fair, 2019).
- The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money, by Bryan Caplan (2018).
- “The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone,” by Bryan Caplan (The Atlantic, 2018).
- “Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers?” by David N. Figlio, Morton O. Schapiro, and Kevin B. Soter (NBER Working Paper, 2013).
- “Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables,” by Stacy Berg Dale and Alan Krueger (NBER Working Paper, 1999).
- "Report on the University’s Role in Political and Social Action," by the Kalven Committee (1967).
- EXTRAS:
- "What Exactly Is College For? (Update)," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
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America’s top colleges are facing record demand. So why don’t they increase supply? (Part 2 of our series from 2022, “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.”)
- SOURCES:
- Peter Blair, professor of education at Harvard University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Zachary Bleemer, assistant professor of economics at Princeton University and faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
- Amalia Miller, professor of economics at the University of Virginia.
- Morton Schapiro, professor of economics and former president of Northwestern University.
- Miguel Urquiola, professor of economics at Columbia University.
- RESOURCES:
- “Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes,” by Suqin Ge, Elliott Isaac, and Amalia Miller (Journal of Labor Economics, 2022).
- “Why Don’t Elite Colleges Expand Supply?” by Peter Q. Blair & Kent Smetters (NBER Working Paper, 2021).
- “Lori Loughlin Pleads Guilty via Zoom in College Admissions Case,” by Kate Taylor (The New York Times, 2020).
- Markets, Minds, and Money: Why America Leads the World in University Research, by Miguel Urquiola (2020).
- “To Cheat and Lie in L.A.: How the College-Admissions Scandal Ensnared the Richest Families in Southern California,” by Evgenia Peretz (Vanity Fair, 2019).
- The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money, by Bryan Caplan (2018).
- “The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone,” by Bryan Caplan (The Atlantic, 2018).
- “Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers?” by David N. Figlio, Morton O. Schapiro, and Kevin B. Soter (NBER Working Paper, 2013).
- “Estimating the Payoff to Attending a More Selective College: An Application of Selection on Observables and Unobservables,” by Stacy Berg Dale and Alan Krueger (NBER Working Paper, 1999).
- "Report on the University’s Role in Political and Social Action," by the Kalven Committee (1967).
- EXTRAS:
- "What Exactly Is College For? (Update)," by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
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