Demography in Higher Education

Demography in Higher Education

Friday, April 12, 2019

Lafayette College

Speaker: Nathan Grawe, PhD, Professor of Economics, Carleton College; Author, Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education

Register HERE on the LVAIC website.

Meet the Speaker

Dr. Nathan Grawe, Professor of Economics, Carleton College

Nathan is a labor economist with particular interests in how family background--from family income to number of siblings--shapes educational and employment outcomes. Many of his works study whether access to financial resources significantly limit these important measures of success. Nathan's most recent publication, Demographics and The Demand for Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018) examines how recent demographic shifts are likely to affect demand for higher education and explores how colleges and policymakers may respond to meet institutional and national goals. In addition to studying how higher education is preparing for demograhpic change, in other recent work Nathan examines how the taxes implicit in financial aid formulas alter female labor force participation.

Nathan has participated in the leadership of Carleton's Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (QuIRK) initiative and has shared what Carleton has learned through this initiative through invited talks and led professional development workshops at dozens of colleges and universities across the US and Canada.

Event Details: Logistics, Preparation, and Directions

Schedule

This event is scheduled to take place from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM. The outline of the event is as follows:

  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Registration at Colton Chapel
  • 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM - Welcome & Keynote Presentation
  • 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM - Transition to Workshop Space in Marlo Room - Farinon College Center
  • 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM - Workshop

Location

Lafayette College is located at 730 High Street, Easton, PA 18042. The keynote is taking place in Colton Chapel. The workshop is taking place in the Marlo Room of the Farinon College Center. View the campus map here.

Parking

For those traveling to campus, a designated parking lot will be reserved in the Bushkill Commons (see #78 on the campus map). The address for this parking area is 901 Bushkill Drive.

As this lot is on the opposite end of campus from the event location, we highly recommend using the provided shuttle service. The shuttle will run every 10 minutes with a designated pick-up location at the lot entrance. The shuttle will transport attendees to Scott Hall (see #28 on the campus map). This location will be another shuttle pick-up location to transport back to the parking lot.

Legal street parking is also available without a parking pass.

After arriving at Scott Hall, walk toward the campus quad. Van Wickle Hall will be on your right. Colton Chapel is at the corner of South College Drive straight ahead. Walking directions are available here (CLICK HERE).

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