Publisher's Synopsis
This volume provides an overview of the many ways that economicconcepts, models, and methods have been, and can be, applied tohigher education problems encountered in institutional research.The chapter authors are uniquely qualified to provide thisperspective: all are higher education researchers who have receivedgraduate training in economics and have substantial experienceworking directly in institutional research. The chapters in thisvolume focus on the economist's perspective on education costs andrevenues, how economics can inform enrollment management efforts,and how institutional researchers can use economics to understandlabor market issues for faculty.
This is the 132nd issue of New Directions forInstitutional Research, a quarterly journal published byJossey-Bass.
