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Geographic shifts in higher education
A common complaint of businesses nationwide is that they have not been able to hire as many highly educated workers as they would like to employ, resulting in unfilled vacancies in professional and technical positions. Regardless of the traditional relationships between employers and nearby universities, many states now are reexamining how their higher educational institutions can play a larger role in the development and growth of "knowledge-based" industries. Colleges and universities have an effect on the availability of labor in their local area in a variety of ways, most notably in ...
Discussion Paper
Community-campus partnerships for economic development: community perspectives
Formal collaborations between community groups and academic institutions to promote economic development have increased substantially over the past 10 years. The bulk of research on community-campus partnerships has focused on the experiences of institutions of higher learning and the foundations that have funded the collaborations, leaving a gap in our understanding of community experiences. This report draws on a variety of sources, including first-person interviews and academic literature, to bring out community perspectives on what makes for successful partnerships. The conclusions are ...
Journal Article
Virtual university: is online learning changing higher education?
By allowing students to "attend" class when and where they choose, online learning is changing higher education.
Speech
Reflections on the economic outlook and the implications for monetary policy
Remarks at Fordham Wall Street Council, Fordham University Graduate School of Business, New York City.
Speech
The national and regional economy
Remarks at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.
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How goes the recovery? Challenges for the nation, the region and the Fed
Remarks at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
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How goes the recovery? Challenges for the nation, the region and the Fed
Remarks at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
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How goes the recovery? Challenges for the nation, the region and the Fed
Remarks at the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
Report
The incentive effects of higher education subsidies on student effort
This paper uses a game-theoretic model to analyze the disincentive effects of low-tuition policies on student effort. The model of parent and student responses to tuition subsidies is then calibrated using information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 and the High School and Beyond Sophomore Cohort: 1980-92. I find that although subsidizing tuition increases enrollment rates, it reduces student effort. This follows from the fact that a high-subsidy, low-tuition policy causes an increase in the percentage of less able and less highly motivated college graduates. ...
Speech
The national and regional economic outlook
Remarks at the University at Albany, Albany, New York.