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Eric Bettinger

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Eric Bettinger

Professor

ebetting@stanford.edu

Assistant: Mitch Gilmer

Office: Littlefield 376

Biography

Eric Bettinger is the Conley DeAngelis Family Professor in the Stanford University School of Education and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also a research associate in the program on education at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Bettinger is the Director of the Center for Educational Policy Analysis and the Director at the Lemann Center for Brazilian Education at Stanford. His research interests include economics of education; student success and completion in college; the impacts of online education; the impacts of financial aid; teacher characteristics and student success in college; effects of voucher programs on both academic and non-academic outcomes. Eric’s research focuses on using rigorous statistical methods in identifying cause-and-effect relationships in higher education. His research on simplifying financial aid applications has influenced recent efforts by the White House to simplify financial aid processes. He has served as a consultant to the White House and various state governments on financial aid policies.

Other Titles

Professor, Graduate School of Education
Hoover Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
Professor (By courtesy), Economics

Program Affiliations

SHIPS (PhD): Economics of Education
SHIPS (PhD): Education Data Science
SHIPS (PhD): Educational Policy
SHIPS (PhD): Higher Education
SHIPS (PhD): International Comparative Education
(MA) ICE/IEPA
(MA) POLS
(MA) MA/MBA
(MS) EDS

Research Interests

Data Sciences | Economics and Education | Higher Education | International and Comparative Education

See a full list of GSE Faculty research interests >

Recent Publications

Bettinger, E., & Fidjeland, A. (2024). College rankings, labor market outcomes, and alumni satisfaction. EDUCATION ECONOMICS.

Lehnert, P., Niederberger, M., Backes-Gellner, U., & Bettinger, E. (2023). Proxying economic activity with daytime satellite imagery: Filling data gaps across time and space. PNAS Nexus, 2(4), pgad099.

Bettinger, E., Fairlie, R., Kapuza, A., Kardanova, E., Loyalka, P., & Zakharov, A. (2022). Diminishing Marginal Returns to Computer-Assisted Learning. JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT.

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