Productivity and Higher Education
Organized by Caroline M. Hoxby
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Spencer Foundation
June 1, 2016
NBER, 1050 Mass. Ave.

Wednesday, June 1

1

Faculty Deployment in Research Universities

Paul Courant, University of Michigan
Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER

2

Estimating the Productivity of Community Colleges in Paving the Road to Four-Year College Success

Scott E. Carrell, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Michal Kurlaender, University of California, Davis

3

Learning and Earning: An Approximation to College Value Added in Two Dimensions

Evan Riehl, Cornell University and NBER
Juan Saavedra, Harvard University and NBER
Miguel Urquiola, Columbia University and NBER

4

Measuring Instructor Effectiveness in Higher Education

Pieter De Vlieger, University of Michigan
Brian Jacob, University of Michigan and NBER
Kevin M. Stange, University of Michigan and NBER

5

Labor Market Outcomes and Postsecondary Accountability: Are Imperfect Metrics Better than None? [Executive Summary]

Veronica Minaya, Columbia University
Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER

6

The Costs of and Net Returns to College Major

Joseph G. Altonji, Yale University and NBER
Seth Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER

7

The Competitive Effects of Online Education

David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
Michael Lovenheim, Cornell University and NBER
Richard W. Patterson, Brigham Young University and NBER