The Familiar but Curious Economics of Higher Education: Introduction to a Symposium
这篇导言指出，尽管三分之二的经济学家参与高等教育，但该行业仍未被完全理解，并提出了大学成本上升、终身教职与强制退休终止的互动、以及大学入学对收入不平等的影响等值得进一步研究的话题。
Despite the involvement of two-thirds of economists in it, the higher education industry remains incompletely understood. Among the topics related to higher education that invite further research are the rapid increase in college costs, the interaction of tenure and the end of mandatory retirement, and the effects of college enrollment on income inequality. Data from surveys of freshmen suggests that the gap in socioeconomic status between students in private universities and other young people has grown over time.