RRomano
@rromano.bsky.social
PhD economist , Retired CC, research associate Cornell and Binghamton Univ (SUNY). Write about finance issues.
Another good one from the Chetty group
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*
Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca
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November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Another good one from the Chetty group
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Suppose you have a kid about to graduate college. She would make a fantastic English professor if the field were still hiring, but it isn't, and likely won't be. What would you advise her to do? www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Advising The Girl
In good conscience, I can’t recommend she pursue a career teaching literature, at which she would excel.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Suppose you have a kid about to graduate college. She would make a fantastic English professor if the field were still hiring, but it isn't, and likely won't be. What would you advise her to do? www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Opinion | When Majors Matter
I’d much rather see a student who loves literature study that than force herself to slog through an HVAC program, hating every moment of it. https://bit.ly/4lSS5RT
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #EDUSky
I’d much rather see a student who loves literature study that than force herself to slog through an HVAC program, hating every moment of it. https://bit.ly/4lSS5RT
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #EDUSky
August 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Opinion | When Majors Matter
I’d much rather see a student who loves literature study that than force herself to slog through an HVAC program, hating every moment of it. https://bit.ly/4lSS5RT
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #EDUSky
I’d much rather see a student who loves literature study that than force herself to slog through an HVAC program, hating every moment of it. https://bit.ly/4lSS5RT
#HigherEd #AcademicSky #EDUSky
I can’t tell from this if it applies to CCs or not
Yes, that sound you just heard was every institutional research person freaking out about their workload.
August 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I can’t tell from this if it applies to CCs or not
Glad you are back. I learn from you.
August 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Glad you are back. I learn from you.
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Since NYT spends 99% of the time talking about elite colleges, its worth highlighting when they put out a great piece on community colleges.
CCs are already under resourced, and the trump cuts to higher ed will limit opportunities for social mobility thru these institutions
CCs are already under resourced, and the trump cuts to higher ed will limit opportunities for social mobility thru these institutions
How Trump’s War on Higher Education Is Hitting Community Colleges
www.nytimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Since NYT spends 99% of the time talking about elite colleges, its worth highlighting when they put out a great piece on community colleges.
CCs are already under resourced, and the trump cuts to higher ed will limit opportunities for social mobility thru these institutions
CCs are already under resourced, and the trump cuts to higher ed will limit opportunities for social mobility thru these institutions
My granddaughter is in UK for her BA . Big difference is all courses in major. Left out are most of what we would call gen education credits. Do we want this? Seems to be mostly a problem with science majors and preprof. Seems like 3 year degree easier in humanities?
A growing number of colleges now offer 90-credit bachelor's degrees instead of the traditional 120 credits after accreditors started giving the green light. It's unclear how employers and grad schools will view these degrees, or if labor market outcomes differ. Keep an eye on this.
Colleges, Accreditors and States Embrace 3-Year Degrees
Colleges from Utah to Indiana and Maine are on track to offer three-year degrees in the near future. But the hesitations that have long plagued the movement haven’t disappeared.
www.insidehighered.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My granddaughter is in UK for her BA . Big difference is all courses in major. Left out are most of what we would call gen education credits. Do we want this? Seems to be mostly a problem with science majors and preprof. Seems like 3 year degree easier in humanities?
Reposted by RRomano
A growing number of colleges now offer 90-credit bachelor's degrees instead of the traditional 120 credits after accreditors started giving the green light. It's unclear how employers and grad schools will view these degrees, or if labor market outcomes differ. Keep an eye on this.
Colleges, Accreditors and States Embrace 3-Year Degrees
Colleges from Utah to Indiana and Maine are on track to offer three-year degrees in the near future. But the hesitations that have long plagued the movement haven’t disappeared.
www.insidehighered.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A growing number of colleges now offer 90-credit bachelor's degrees instead of the traditional 120 credits after accreditors started giving the green light. It's unclear how employers and grad schools will view these degrees, or if labor market outcomes differ. Keep an eye on this.
Long but stimulating
I'm trying to write some thoughtful things about what econ can and cannot help us understand about society so I'm excited to watch this
"We're in a world where it's basically 30 people who are in the same group chats who are responsible for a substantial amount of what happens in our economy & politics... Economics as a discipline leaves us very ill-equipped to have useful thoughts on this"
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-wi...
July 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Long but stimulating
I hope this statement by Gore Vidal is not true.
“Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.”
“Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.”
July 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I hope this statement by Gore Vidal is not true.
“Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.”
“Once a country is habituated to liars, it takes generations to bring the truth back.”
It’s great at Cornell
Certainly true of both the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and University of Minnesota Twin Cities, in my experience!! 🐄🍨
Best part about a land-grant university will forever be the ice cream from our own dairy
July 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It’s great at Cornell
Gave the AI assistant called Claude, developed by Anthropic, something creative that I wrote (a poem). Really impressed with its analysis of my work. It did not rewrite it but judged it. Has anyone used this?
July 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Gave the AI assistant called Claude, developed by Anthropic, something creative that I wrote (a poem). Really impressed with its analysis of my work. It did not rewrite it but judged it. Has anyone used this?
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A few moments of peace along the Dorothy Stewart trail. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
July 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A few moments of peace along the Dorothy Stewart trail. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Life-Cycle Impacts of Graduating in a Recession www.nber.org/reporter/202...
From Krugmans post today. Important for today’s graduates having trouble finding jobs.
From Krugmans post today. Important for today’s graduates having trouble finding jobs.
Life-Cycle Impacts of Graduating in a Recession
www.nber.org
June 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Life-Cycle Impacts of Graduating in a Recession www.nber.org/reporter/202...
From Krugmans post today. Important for today’s graduates having trouble finding jobs.
From Krugmans post today. Important for today’s graduates having trouble finding jobs.
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A very insightful Stone Centre public lecture and Q&A on the effects of higher education on #inequality. Huge thanks to Susan @dynarski.bsky.social , @gavin-kelly.bsky.social, Bethan Staton and all involved. Stay tuned for a link to the full video.
June 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A very insightful Stone Centre public lecture and Q&A on the effects of higher education on #inequality. Huge thanks to Susan @dynarski.bsky.social , @gavin-kelly.bsky.social, Bethan Staton and all involved. Stay tuned for a link to the full video.
Loved this one
One guy down the hall talking with another guy down the hall. Paul Krugman and Branko Milanovic discuss global inequality, elephants, life chances, Rawls, and more.
@pkrugman.bsky.social @brankomilan.bsky.social
@stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/global-ine...
@pkrugman.bsky.social @brankomilan.bsky.social
@stone-lis.bsky.social @lisdata.bsky.social
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Global Inequality: Branko Milanovic
Talking with the guy down the hall
paulkrugman.substack.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Loved this one
My article, with Carrie Kisker, on CCs and culture wars. Free download first 50 copies
Link to full article: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZUG2N...
Link to full article: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZUG2N...
Community Colleges and the Culture Wars: Liberal Indoctrination at the People’s Colleges?
Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 57, No. 3, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My article, with Carrie Kisker, on CCs and culture wars. Free download first 50 copies
Link to full article: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZUG2N...
Link to full article: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZUG2N...
New article by me on risk sharing. Should colleges help students pay down their debt? - Community College Daily
www.ccdaily.com/2025/06/shou...
www.ccdaily.com/2025/06/shou...
Should colleges help students pay down their debt? - Community College Daily
With student loan debt approaching the $2 trillion level and default rates rising, Republicans in Congress have advanced legislation that would require colleges to repay a portion of its students’ unp...
www.ccdaily.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New article by me on risk sharing. Should colleges help students pay down their debt? - Community College Daily
www.ccdaily.com/2025/06/shou...
www.ccdaily.com/2025/06/shou...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article by me and CKisker in Change . —CCs and the culture wars. — On average CCs are more conservative organizations than 4 yr. Survey data shows that faculty are more liberal than general public but less than 4 yr faculty.
New article by me and CKisker in Change . —CCs and the culture wars. — On average CCs are more conservative organizations than 4 yr. Survey data shows that faculty are more liberal than general public but less than 4 yr faculty.
Community Colleges and the Culture Wars: Liberal Indoctrination at the People’s Colleges?
Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 57, No. 3, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
New article by me and CKisker in Change . —CCs and the culture wars. — On average CCs are more conservative organizations than 4 yr. Survey data shows that faculty are more liberal than general public but less than 4 yr faculty.
New article by me and CKisker in Change . —CCs and the culture wars. — On average CCs are more conservative organizations than 4 yr. Survey data shows that faculty are more liberal than general public but less than 4 yr faculty.
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
Been looking at the risk sharing proposal just passed by house. Some have complained that costs of programs based only on tuition+ when major costs like rent are more important.
Been looking at the risk sharing proposal just passed by house. Some have complained that costs of programs based only on tuition+ when major costs like rent are more important.
June 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social
Been looking at the risk sharing proposal just passed by house. Some have complained that costs of programs based only on tuition+ when major costs like rent are more important.
Been looking at the risk sharing proposal just passed by house. Some have complained that costs of programs based only on tuition+ when major costs like rent are more important.
@sunyufspresident.bsky.social
Is the new free college SUNY scholarship for older students a first $ or a last $ award?
Is the new free college SUNY scholarship for older students a first $ or a last $ award?
June 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@sunyufspresident.bsky.social
Is the new free college SUNY scholarship for older students a first $ or a last $ award?
Is the new free college SUNY scholarship for older students a first $ or a last $ award?