@dubravkaritter.bsky.social, @dougwebberecon.bsky.social, and I have a new Education Next article out that offers a less technical look at our research on predicting college closures using machine learning techniques.
Ed researchers! @aeraedresearch.bsky.social asks that we take a 5 min survey on "how specific [IES] datasets, surveys, research, and evaluations are used and relied upon by members" by May 28th to respond to questions from the judge. I'm not including the link on purpose but please check your email!
With some of the “analysis” floating around these days, sometimes I wonder if the best use of my time is simply tattooing “SHOW ME THE COUNTERFACTUAL” on my forehead.
Pay for gym? Cholesterol normal. Cut my gym membership? Cholesterol up 20 points! Great spending to “not see any progress.”
Update to @fordschool.bsky.social tool that lets you figure out how much federal funding public schools in your congressional district may lose
Now includes that info by state legislative district as well.
poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
College closures have been in the news lately, and especially in the greater Philly area. @dougwebberecon.bsky.social and @robertkelchen.com and I have been working on improving on existing methods for predicting closures — and financial distress more generally — in higher ed. Check out the paper!
Now arriving at #EconSky !
Several of our finest minds—> @lkatz42.bsky.social @susanathey.bsky.social @dacemoglumit.bsky.social et (many) al.!
And our top journals—> @qjeharvard.bsky.social @jpolecon.bsky.social @reveconstudies.bsky.social @aeajournals.bsky.social
Tell your colleagues it's time.
👋 please!
Spoiler alert: International students cross-subsidize domestic students
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(reposted because I can't type)
🚨Job alert!🚨
Our group (@buwheelock.bsky.social @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Education Policy.
Description below, along with a link to apply. I'm chairing the search, so reach out and spread the word.
Come work with us!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28451
Some colleges and universities are investing in more thoughtfully designed course evaluations, preparing faculty members to substantively critique their colleagues, and fostering discussions of teaching in departmental meetings
www.chronicle.com/article/teac...
Yep - “servicing frictions” is just the catch-all term for both issues caused by services (which we call servicer errors in the report and provide % of affected borrowers) and caused by others (massive numbers of borrower transfers, many many postponements of restart date).
New research alert!
The 3rd report in CFI’s 4-part series on the student loan payments resumption is live.
Tomas Monarrez and I studied how aware borrowers were of the SAVE IDR plan, whether they intended to enroll, and who might see payment reductions if enrolled.
For more: bit.ly/4b0HyQq
The student loan borrowers least aware of repayment plans that benefit low-income borrowers are... wait for it... low-income borrowers
Out today: Deep dive into Biden administration's new SAVE income-based payment plan for student loans: www.urban.org/research/pub...
One of these things is not like the others…
(X'X)^-1 X'Y
*slow clap*
Just made the move from EconTwitter, so it's intro time! 👋
I'm a PhD candidate at UW-Madison. My research interests are in the economics of education and education policy (mostly higher ed), labor economics, and public economics.
Oh, and a shameless plug that i am on the job market this year 😉
Super dad... you make it difficult for the rest of us to justify saying we're too busy for an interview!