• An Economist Goes to College

  • Auteur(s): Beth Akers
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An Economist Goes to College

Auteur(s): Beth Akers
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  • Résumé

  • Economist and scholar Beth Akers seeks to inform aspiring students about how to make strategic decisions about their higher education. Speaking on topics like how to use data to shop for college or non-college alternatives, how to utilize the student loan system to your advantage, and more, Beth cuts through the romanticism we often attach to college decision making and teaches listeners how to make decisions that are grounded in data and fact.
    Copyright 2023 Beth Akers
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Affaires et carrières Politique Économie
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  • The History of College Earnings Data

    The History of College Earnings Data
    Feb 8 2022

    Guest host Jason Delisle speaks with Amy Laitinen, director for higher education with the Education Policy program at New America. In this episode, they discuss college earnings metrics: though knowing how much a student who pursues a particular major at a particular university seems like obvious information, in fact, that data has only recently become available. Amy discusses the history of this data, its potential, and its limitations.
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    40 min
  • Measuring College Outcomes: Limits and Potential

    Measuring College Outcomes: Limits and Potential
    Jan 25 2022

    Beth speaks with Kristin Blagg, a senior research associate in the Center on Education Data and Policy at the Urban Institute who focuses on educational funding and finance policy. In this episode, they discuss how data can be used to measure college outcomes and influence decisions about where to go to college, and how geography impacts student choice.
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    27 min
  • Measuring college quality

    Measuring college quality
    Dec 21 2021

    Beth speaks with Mike Itzkowitz, the founder and president of the HEA group and a senior fellow at Third Way, a national think tank that champions modern center-left ideas. In this episode, they discuss the college scorecard, which is a tool for publishing college outcomes data, and the massive leaps forward we’ve seen in transparency in higher education in the last decade.
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    28 min

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