Dear NBER Economics of Education program members,
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal is soliciting papers on the economics
of higher education for an upcoming issue. They asked me to distribute
their call for papers to you, and the topics are certainly of interest to
many of you.
All good wishes, Caroline Hoxby
*From:* Russell Sage Foundation [mailto:communications_at_rsage.org]
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 12, 2014 3:41 PM
*To:* Charles Clotfelter
*Subject:* RSF Journal Call for Articles : Higher Education
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*CALL FOR ARTICLES*
* RSF: THE RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES ISSUE AND
CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION*
*The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences* invites paper
submissions for its upcoming issue on higher education.
Although American universities dominate lists of the world's top 100
research universities, postsecondary education in the United States as a
whole is generally viewed as uneven at best. Recent international
comparisons show that the United States has lost the lead it once had in
average educational attainment, and cross-country comparisons of literacy
and numeracy among adults suggest that Americans rank in the bottom half of
OECD nations on many measures. Among the concerns expressed about the
American system are rising tuitions and levels of student debt, large and
growing disparities by socioeconomic status in attendance and completion,
low levels of degree attainment in science and engineering programs in
spite of large government investments, low levels of student effort at many
institutions, outdated methods of instruction, and disproportionate growth
of administration and administrative regulation. At the same time,
participation of under-represented racial and ethnic groups has never been
higher, and the college wage premium remains high. Paradoxically, while
many observers believe that colleges and universities in the United States
are failing to equip students with the skills they need to compete for jobs
in a competitive world economy, others argue that faster growth in the
number of college graduates would decrease income inequality.
The theme for this issue is the effectiveness of American higher education,
a theme intended to be broad enough to include a variety of possible topics
bearing on the current performance and future prospects of U.S. higher
education institutions. Theoretically informed empirical papers from all
social science disciplines are welcome, as are papers drawing on concepts
and methods of multiple disciplines. Papers should uncover new knowledge;
their methods may be qualitative, quantitative, or mixed. For this issue,
the journal invites submission of empirical papers that uncover new
knowledge bearing on the effects of practices, policies, and institutions
in higher education. They may feature causal models, or they may be mainly
descriptive.
These papers could address time-honored topics such as the effects of
financial aid and admissions policies on access and degree completion,
remediation efforts, peer effects on learning or campus culture, factors
associated with attrition, faculty labor market issues, and cost functions.
Or they could address empirical questions that have not previously been
studied.
For more detailed information about this issue, including examples of
analyses we anticipate would be of interest to the research and policy
communities, please *click
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*Anticipated Timeline*
*Prospective contributors should submit a CV and an abstract of up to two
pages of their study no later than 5 PM EST on April 30, 2014 to
journals_at_rsage.org <journals_at_rsage.org>.* A prospective contributor may
also submit up to five pages of technical supporting material, but this by
no means required or expected. Please put "Higher Education" in the subject
line and address the email to Suzanne Nichols, Director of Publications.
Only abstracts submitted to journals_at_rsage.org will be considered. Each
paper included in the issue will receive a $1,000 honorarium when the issue
is published. All questions should be directed to journals_at_rsage.org.
Selected papers will receive notification by the end of May. A draft of
selected papers will be due by October 30, 2014. A conference will be held
at the RSF headquarters in New York City in mid-November or early December,
2014 to discuss the papers. Travel costs, food, and lodging will be covered
by the foundation.
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Caroline M. Hoxby
Scott & Donya Bommer Professor of Economics
Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution
Director, Economics of Education Program, National Bureau of Economic
Research
Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
choxby_at_stanford.edu
Assistant: Kelly Carson
650-723-9678, carson_at_stanford.edu
mailing address:
at the department of economics:
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