CHERI was established in the fall of 1998 to provide a vehicle for interdisciplinary research on higher education. Faculty and administrators affiliated with CHERI come from 5 different Cornell colleges and other academic institutions around the world. CHERI's current research interests include the implications of the growing dispersion of wealth across academic institutions, the growing costs and importance of science to universities, the financial challenges facing public higher education, the changing nature of the faculty, governance in academic institutions, improving PhD programs in the humanities and associated social sciences, improving persistance rates in STEM Field majors, and reducing inequality in access to higher education. CHERI is funded by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc., the TIAA-CREF Institute, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Manuscripts from 2009
A Little Now for a Lot Later: A Look at a Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program, Clement (Kirabo) Jackson
Manuscripts from 2008
College Football Games and Crime, Daniel I. Rees and Kevin T. Schnepel
Manuscripts from 2007
Policy Considerations for Enhancing Student Access and Persistence in a World in Which Tuition Keeps Rising, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Economics of Tuition and Fees in American Higher Education, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Manuscripts from 2006
Doctoral Education and Academic Research (in India), Arkadev Chatterjea and Satya P. Moulik
Equity and Efficiency of Community College Appropriations: The Role of Local Financing, Alicia C. Dowd and John L. Grant
Does it Take an Expert to Lead Experts? An Empirical Study of Business School Deans, Amanda H. Goodall
The Effects of Class Size on Student Grades at a Public University, Edward C. Kokkelenberg, Michael Dillon, and Sean M. Christy
Understanding the Racial Disparity in Graduation Rates at a Large Ivy League University, Marquise J. McGraw
Manuscripts from 2005
Quest for Knowledge and Pursuit of Grades: Information, Course Selection, and Grade Inflation at an Ivy League School, Talia Bar and Asaf Zussman
Community College Revenue Disparities: What Accounts for an Urban College Deficit?, Alicia C. Dowd
Going Broke by Degree: A Review Essay, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Graduate Education, Innovation and Federal Responsibility , Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Key Issues Facing Trustees of National Research Universities in the Decade Ahead, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Changing Nature of the Faculty and Faculty Employment Practices, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Perfect Storm and the Privatization of Public Higher Education, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The SUNY Tuition Guarantee Proposal, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Declining PhD Attainment of Graduates of Selective Private Academic Institutions, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Jeffrey A. Groen, and Matthew P. Nagowski
Inside the Black Box of Doctoral Education: What Program Characteristics Influence Doctoral Students’ Attrition and Graduation Probabilities?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, George H. Jakubson, Jeffrey Groen, Eric So, and Joseph Price
Why Do Field Differentials In Average Faculty Salaries Vary Across Universities?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Marquise McGraw, and Jesenka Mrdjenovic
Crafting a Class: The Trade Off Between Merit Scholarships and Enrolling Lower-Income Students, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Liang Zhang, and Jared M. Levin
Should Top Universities Be Led By Top Researchers and Are They? A Citations Analysis , Amanda H. Goodall
The Influence of the U.S. News and World Report Collegiate Rankings on the Matriculation Decision of High-Ability Students: 1995-2004, Amanda Griffith and Kevin Rask
Program Design and Student Outcomes in Graduate Education, Jeffrey Groen, George H. Jakubson, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Scott Condie, and Albert Y. Liu
The Effects of Class Size on Student Achievement in Higher Education, E. C. Kokkelenberg, Michael Dillon, and Sean M. Christy
Title IX Compliance and Preference for Men in College Admissions, James Monks
Relative Tuition Levels and the Educational Focus of First-Time Fulltime Community College Students , Andrew Nutting
Do Community College Students Benefit When Transferring with Other Transfers? A Cross-Section Peer Effects Analysis, Andrew W. Nutting
Marriage and Graduate Student Outcomes, Joseph Price
If Community College Students Are So Poor Why Do Only 16.9% Of Them Receive Pell Grants? , Richard M. Romano and Timothy Millard
Do Measures of College Quality Matter? The Effect of College Quality on Graduates’ Earnings, Liang Zhang
Manuscripts from 2004
Gender Equity in Intercollegiate Athletics: Determinants of Title IX Compliance, Deborah J. Anderson, John J. Cheslock, and Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Changes in the Academic Labor Market for Economists, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Involving Undergraduates in Research to Encourage Them to Undertake PhD Study in Economics, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Key Issues Currently Facing American Higher Education, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Future of Affirmative Action, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Why Universities Need Institutional Researchers More Than They Realize?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Do Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Matter?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Liang Zhang
The Changing Nature of Faculty Employment, Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Liang Zhang
Understanding Faculty Out-of-Class Interaction with Undergraduate Students at a Research University, Marne K. Einarson and Marne E. Clarkberg
The Changing Composition of American-Citizen PhDs, Jeffrey A. Groen and Michael J. Rizzo
Union and Union Threat Premiums Among Graduate Student Stipends, Albert Y. Liu
Public versus Private University Presidents Pay Levels and Structure , James Monks
The Relative Earnings of Contingent Faculty in Higher Education , James Monks
Associate Professor Turnover at America’s Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education, Matthew Nagowski
Time-of-Transfer and the Outcomes of Attending a Four-Year College: Evidence from SUNY, Andrew W. Nutting
A (Less Than) Zero Sum Game? State Funding for Public Education: How Public Higher Education Institutions Have Lost, Michael J. Rizzo
The Public Interest in Higher Education, Michael J. Rizzo
Post-Baccalaureate Wage Growth within Four Years of Graduation: The Effects of College Quality and College Major, Scott L. Thomas and Liang Zhang
Advance to Graduate Education: The Effect of College Quality and Undergraduate Majors, Liang Zhang
Crowd Out or Opt Out: The Changing Landscape of Doctorate Production in American Universities, Liang Zhang
Manuscripts from 2003
Faculty Productivity in Supervising Doctoral Students’ Dissertations at Cornell University, Peter M. Crosta and Iris G. Packman
Econometric Studies of Higher Education, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Financing Higher Education Institutions in the 21st Century, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Method or Madness? Inside the USNWR College Rankings, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Why Do School District Budget Referenda Fail?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Randy A. Ehrenberg, Christopher L. Smith, and Liang Zhang
Changes in Faculty Composition Within the State University of New York System: 1985-2001, Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Daniel B. Klaff
Start-Up Costs in American Research Universities, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Michael J. Rizzo, and Scott S. Condie
Who Bears the Growing Cost of Science at Universities?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Michael J. Rizzo, and George H. Jakubson
The Effect of College Location on Migration of College-Educated Labor, Jeffrey A. Groen
In-State versus Out-of-State Students: The Divergence of Interest between Public Universities and State Governments, Jeffrey A. Groen and Michelle J. White
Increasing Earnings Inequality in Faculty Labor Markets, James Monks
Wealth and the Allocation of Resources At Private Institutions of Higher Education, Matthew Nagowski
A (Less Than) Zero Sum Game? State Funding for Public Education: How Public Higher Education Institutions Have Lost, Michael J. Rizzo
Resident and Nonresident Tuition and Enrollment at Flagship State Universities, Michael J. Rizzo and Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Tracking Community College Transfers Using National Student Clearinghouse Data, Richard M. Romano and Martin Wisniewski
How College Affects Students: Toward the Reconciliation of Theory With Empirical Evidence, Liang Zhang
Manuscripts from 2002
The Effects of Class Size on Student Achievement in Higher Education: Applying an Earnings Function, Michael Dillon, E. C. Kokkelenberg, and Sean M. Christy
Studying Ourselves: The Academic Labor Market, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Sources and Uses of Annual Giving at Selective Private Research Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges, Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Christopher L. Smith
Within State Transitions From 2-Year to 4-Year Public Institutions, Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Christopher L. Smith
Collective Bargaining and Staff Salaries in American Colleges and Universities, Daniel B. Klaff and Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Do Median Grades Vary Across Departments?, Jay Parekh
Manuscripts from 2001
The Determinants of an Institution’s Transfer Student Enrollment, John J. Cheslock
How College Enrollment Strategies Affect Student Labor Market Success, John J. Cheslock and Michael J. Hilmer
Financial Prospects for American Higher Education in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Reaching for the Brass Ring: How the U.S. News & World Report Rankings Shape the Competitive Environment in U.S. Higher Education, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Supply of American Higher Education Institutions, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Trustees and Faculty Retirement Policies, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Will Trustees Tame Tuition?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
The Class Size Controversy, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Dominic J. Brewer, Adam Gamoran, and J. Douglas Willms
Paying our Presidents: What do Trustees Value?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, John J. Cheslock, and Julia Epifantseva
Paying our Presidents: What do Trustees Value?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg, John J. Cheslock, and Julia Epifantseva
Has the Growth of Science Crowded Out Other Things at Universities?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Julia Epifantseva
What a Difference a Decade Makes: Growing Wealth Inequality Among Ivy League Institutions, Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Christopher L. Smith
The Sources and Uses of Annual Giving at Private Research Universities, Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Christopher L. Smith
Ivy League Athletic Performance: Do Brains Win?, Dmitry Kotlyarenko and Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Come and Stay a While: Does Financial Aid Effect Enrollment and Retention at a Large Public University?, Larry D. Singell, Jr.
Manuscripts from 2000
The Impact of the Business Week and U.S. News & World Report Rankings on the Business Schools They Rank, Ian Bednowitz
Nerd Harassment and Grade Inflation: Are College Admissions Policies Partly Responsible?, John H. Bishop
Determinants of Faculty Gender Ratios Across Institutions and Departments, Anita Nimi Rajeswaren
Manuscripts from 1999
Why Can’t Colleges Control Their Costs?, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Higher Education: The Ultimate Winner-Take-All Market?, Robert H. Frank
The Impact of U.S. News & World Report College Rankings on Admissions Outcomes and Pricing Policies at Selective Private Institutions, James Monks and Ronald G. Ehrenberg