ECON 259, Economics of Higher Education (Spring 2017)
Schedule an introductory meeting: I like to meet with students individually for 10-15 minutes to learn more about you, your goals as a student generally, and your goals as a student in this course. It's very much casual. It's also optional, but I strongly encourage you to participate. To sign up for a slot, click the link to the left and pick a time in the Doodle poll. If none of these slots works for you, send me an email and we can work out an alternative. Meetings are in my office, Willis 309. (now closed, but feel free to drop by any time if you missed these and want to chat!)
Non-textbook readings:
- Is college worth it? Clearly, new data say
- Cutting college prep
- The commodification of higher education
- Straight talk about adjunctification
- The adjunct revolt: how poor professors are fighting back
- How the humanities survive on exploitation
- American campuses abroad (perspectives: Ahmari, Brodhead, Ross, Stearns, Brooks, Lehman, Bloom)
- Hidden truths about American colleges abroad
- Innocents abroad? The University of Wisconsin in Kazakhstan
- "Wisconsin Idea" gone bad at Kazakhstan's Nazarbayev University
- Fancy dorms aren’t the main reason tuition is skyrocketing
- The real reason college tuition costs so much
- How university costs keep rising despite tuition freezes
- Haverford drops need-blind admissions
- Do colleges need to be need blind?
- Need blind admissions is a lie
- Why 'need-blind' is the wrong goal for college admissions
- To keep students, colleges cut anything but aid
- Merit aid is a lie
Other interesting resources:
- Carleton's recent bond offering, Moody's rating
- Value-added college rankings: The Economist; Brookings 1; Brookings 2
Writing assignments:
Sacha-Rose Phillips (writing assistant) (phillipss@carleton.edu) office hours: Thursdays between 4pm and 5pm on 4th libe (back-right)