Held Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Sarah Turner is University Professor of Economics and Education at the University of Virginia and a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research. She has written extensively on the economics of higher education, including work on obstacles to college completion, why college completion rates have declined over time, divergence in college outcomes across different types of institutions, and federal financial aid and loan policies. Some of her most recent work speaks directly to the current (and future) financial challenges faced by public universities and their likely effects on student outcomes.
View Turner’s articles relevant to this forum: “Increasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States” (2010); “Cohort Crowding: How Resources Affect College Attainment” (2006); “Race, Income and College in 25 Years: Evaluating Justice O’Connor’s Conjecture” (2006); and “Going to College and Finishing College: Explaining Different Educational Outcomes” (2004)
