Accountability in higher education: Using evidence to inform regulatory policy
Past Event
Paper 1 presentation: "Protection and the Unseen: How the U.S. Department of Education’s Undeveloped Authorities can Protect Students and Promote Equity in Higher Education"

Paper 1 presentation: "Protection and the Unseen: How the U.S. Department of Education’s Undeveloped Authorities can Protect Students and Promote Equity in Higher Education"

Paper 2 presentation: "Credit Standards in the PLUS Student Loan Program: Examining Access and Equity"

Paper 3 presentation:"Examining the Feasibility of Empirically Predicting College Closures" & Paper 4 presentation: "Where Have All the GI Bill Dollars Gone?: Veteran Usage and Expenditure of the Post 9/11 GI Bill"

Paper 5 presentation: "Informational Disclosure and College Choice" & Paper 6 presentation: “A framework for accountability in higher education”
On Tuesday, September 8, the Brookings Center on Regulation and Markets presented and discussed new research on regulation and accountability in higher education. Forthcoming papers will provide new evidence on topics ranging from predicting college closures, measuring outcomes of GI Bill beneficiaries, assessing the success of post-secondary programs, and helping students make better choices. The discussion examined how to use this evidence to protect the financial aid investments taxpayers make and how to improve the outcomes of students.
Viewers submitted questions and joined the conversation via Twitter using #HigherEd
Agenda
Introduction
Adam Looney
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Executive Director, Marriner S. Eccles Institute, University of Utah
Jordan Matsudaira
Associate Professor of Economics and Education Policy - Teachers College, Columbia University
Paper 1 presentation: "Protection and the Unseen: How the U.S. Department of Education’s Undeveloped Authorities can Protect Students and Promote Equity in Higher Education"
Authors: Daniel A. Zibel and Aaron Ament
Read the final paper here.
Session Materials
Paper 2 presentation: "Credit Standards in the PLUS Student Loan Program: Examining Access and Equity"
Authors: Rajeev Darolia, Stephanie Cellini, Dubravka Ritter
Read the final paper here.
Rajeev Darolia
Associate Professor, Martin School of Public Policy - University of Kentucky
Session Materials
Paper 3 presentation:"Examining the Feasibility of Empirically Predicting College Closures"
Read the final paper here.
Robert Kelchen
Associate Professor, Department of Education Leadership, Management and Policy - Seton Hall University
Adam Looney
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Economic Studies
Executive Director, Marriner S. Eccles Institute, University of Utah
Session Materials
Paper 4 presentation: "Where Have All the GI Bill Dollars Gone?: Veteran Usage and Expenditure of the Post 9/11 GI Bill"
Read the final paper here.
Session Materials
Paper 5 presentation: "Informational Disclosure and College Choice"
Authors: Mary Steffel, Nick Ducoff, Walter McHugh, Dennis Kramer
Read the final paper here.
Lindsay Ahlman
Associate Director of Research and Knowledge Management - The Institute for College Access and Success
Session Materials
Paper 6 presentation: “A framework for accountability in higher education”
Authors: Jordan Matsudaira and Lesley J. Turner
Read the final paper here.
Stephanie Riegg Cellini
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy
Session Materials
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