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Productivity in Higher Education [electronic resource] / edited by Caroline M. Hoxby and Kevin Stange

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Stange, Kevin M.
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Physical Description
x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Hoxby, Caroline Minter
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Contents
Introduction / Caroline M. Hoxby and Kevin Stange -- What Healthcare Teaches Us about Measuring Productivity in Higher Education / Douglas Staiger -- The Productivity of U.S. Postsecondary Institutions / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Labor Market Outcomes and Postsecondary Accountability: Are Imperfect Metrics Better than None? / Veronica Minaya and Judith Scott-Clayton -- Learning and Earning: An Approximation to College Value Added in Two Dimensions / Evan Riehl, Juan E. Saavedra, and Miguel Urquiola -- The Costs of and Net Returns to College Major / Joseph G. Altonji and Seth D. Zimmerman -- Faculty Deployment in Research Universities / Paul N. Courant and Sarah Turner -- Measuring Instructor Effectiveness in Higher Education / Pieter De Vlieger, Brian Jacob, and Kevin Stange -- The Competitive Effects of Online Education / David J. Deming, Michael Lovenheim, and Richard Patterson -- Estimating the Productivity of Community Colleges in Paving the Road to Four-Year College Success / Scott E. Carrell and Michal Kurlaender.
Summary
"This book provides a comprehensive treatment, with chapters that examine the returns to undergrad education, how costs differ by major, the productivity of for-profit schools, the productivity of various types of faculty, how online education has affected the market, and more. This work addresses the five challenges to assessing productivity in higher ed: multiple outcomes, the "multi-product" nature of institutions, selection, attribution, and the public nature of some benefits"--
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9780226574585 (cloth)
9780226574615 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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