Productivity and Higher Education

Caroline M. Hoxby, Organizer

June 1, 2016

NBER, 1050 Mass. Ave.

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, June 1
1
Paul Courant, University of Michigan
Sarah Turner, University of Virginia and NBER

Faculty Deployment in Research Universities
2
Scott E. Carrell, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Michal Kurlaender, University of California at Davis

Estimating the Productivity of Community Colleges in Paving the Road to Four-Year College Success
3
Evan Riehl, Cornell University
Juan Saavedra, Harvard University and NBER
Miguel Urquiola, Columbia University and NBER

Learning and Earning: An Approximation to College Value Added in Two Dimensions
4
Pieter De Vlieger, University of Michigan
Brian Jacob, University of Michigan and NBER
Kevin M. Stange, University of Michigan and NBER

Measuring Instructor Effectiveness in Higher Education
5
Veronica Minaya, Columbia University
Judith Scott-Clayton, Columbia University and NBER

Labor Market Outcomes and Postsecondary Accountability: Are Imperfect Metrics Better than None? [Executive Summary]
6
Joseph G. Altonji, and NBER
Seth Zimmerman, Yale University and NBER

The Costs of and Net Returns to College Major
7
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER
Michael Lovenheim, Cornell University and NBER
Richard W. Patterson, Brigham Young University

The Competitive Effects of Online Education