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Background information

Cover image of the Encyclopedia of education economics & finance
Encyclopedia of education economics & finance / editors, Dominic J. Brewer, New York University ; Lawrence O. Picus, University of Southern California.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB2824 .E53 2014 V.1
Education at a glance : OECD indicators / Centre for Educational Research and Innovation = Regards sur l'éducation : les indicateurs de l'OCDE / Centre pour la recherche et l'innovation dans l'enseignement.
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1992-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB2846 .E247 2014
"These indicators enable governments to see their education systems in the light of other countries' performances and, together with OECD's country policy reviews, are designed to support and review the efforts that governments are making towards policy reform. (p. 3)"
International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences / editors-in-chief Neil J. Smelser, Paul B. Baltes.
1st ed. Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2001.
Green Library » Social Sciences Resource Center (non-circulating) » H41 .I58 2001 V.1
International handbook on the economics of education / edited by Geraint Johnes, Jill Johnes.
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LC65 .I59 2004
"comprises original contributions on an exceptional range of topics from a review of human capital, signalling and screening models, to consideration of issues such as educational externalities and economic growth, funding models, determinants of education success, the educational production function, education standards and efficiency measurements. Labour market issues such as the market for teachers and the transition of students from school to work are explored."

New books

Learning together : the law, politics, economics, pedagogy, and neuroscience of early childhood education / Michael J. Kaufman, Sherelyn R. Kaufman & Elizabeth C. Nelson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.25 .K38 2015
What's race got to do with it? : how current school reform policy maintains racial and economic inequality / edited by Bree Picower and Edwin Mayorga.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC212.2 .W44 2015
Neoliberalizing educational reform : america's quest for profitable market-colonies and the undoing of public good / edited by Keith M. Sturges.
Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LA217.2 .N46 2015
God, schools, and government funding : First Amendment conundrums / Laurence H. Winer, Nina J. Crimm.
Law Library (Crown) » Stacks 1 » KF4124 .W56 2015
The mobility of students and the highly skilled : implications for education financing and economic policy / Marcel Gérard and Silke Uebelmesser, editors.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2342 .M55 2014
Education, economy & society / [edited by] Salim Vally, Enver Motala.
1st ed. Pretoria : Unisa Press, c2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC95 .S68 E36 2014
Revenue generation strategies : leveraging higher education resources for increased income / Jeffrey W. Alstete.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » 378.08 .E68 V.41:NO.1
Practice-oriented.
Academic capitalism : universities in the global struggle for excellence / Richard Münch.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC67.6 .M8613 2014
Institutional advancement : what we know / Eve Proper and Timothy C. Caboni.
First Edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2335.95 .P76 2014
School funding and student achievement : lessons learned from Kentucky and Tennessee / Andy Spears.
Cham, [Switzerland] ; New York : Springer, c2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2825 .S64 2015
Globalization of education : an introduction / Joel Spring.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC65 .S67 2015
Education, creativity, and economic empowerment in Africa / Edited by Toyin Falola and Jamaine Abidogun.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC5163 .A35 E38 2014
Education and the state : international perspectives on a changing relationship / edited by Carla Aubry, Michael Geiss, Veronika Magyar-Haas and Jürgen Oelkers.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC71 .E2885 2015
Economics of education in Nigeria / J.I. Agbe, M.T. Kwaghbo, A.A. Yawe.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC67 .N6 A38 2013
Higher education at risk : strategies to improve outcomes, reduce tuition, and stay competitive in a disruptive environment / Sandra Featherman ; foreword by Stephen Joel Trachtenberg.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2342 .F38 2014
Battling the student engagement front : fresh tactics in a tortured turnaround struggle / Justin A. Collins.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2825 .C5915 2014
Achieving transparency in pro-poor education incentives / edited by Muriel Poisson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2806.22 .A35 2014
The mystery in school finances : discovering answers in community-based budgeting / Matthew Malinowski.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2825 .M14 2014
Confucius and crisis in American universities : culture, capital, and diplomacy in U.S. public higher education / Amy Stambach.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC67.62 .S84 2014
The gamification of higher education : developing a game-based business strategy in a disrupted marketplace / Neil B. Niman.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC67.6 .N56 2014
The fountain of knowledge : the role of universities in economic development / Shiri M. Breznitz.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC67.6 .B72 2014
Reshaping the university : the rise of the regulated market in higher education / David Palfreyman and Ted Tapper.
First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC67.6 .P35 2014
University adaptation in difficult economic times / edited by Paola Mattei.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2342.2 .E85 U55 2014
The student loan mess : how good intentions created a trillion-dollar problem / Joel Best, Eric Best.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2340.2 .B48 2014
Challenges to teacher education in difficult economic times : international perspectives / edited by Joan Stephenson and Lorraine Ling.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1707 .C43 2014
Funding the future : philanthropy's influence on American higher education / Alison R. Bernstein.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2336 .B47 2014
Philanthropy and education : strategies for impact / edited by Ekkehard Thümler, Nicole Bögelein, Annelie Beller and Helmut K. Anheier.
Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB2824 .P45 2014
States, markets and education : the rise and limits of the education state / Ansgar Weymann.
Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC71 .W49 2014
Math education for America? : policy networks, big business, and pedagogy wars / Mark Wolfmeyer.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » QA13 .W65 2014
Globalization, change and learning in South Asia / edited by Shaista E. Khilji and Chris Rowley.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC67 .S66 G55 2013

Journals

Economics of education review.
Cambridge : Ballinger Pub. Co., 1981-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » LC66 .E23 V.28 2009
Education economics.
Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK : Carfax Publishing Co., 1993-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC65 .E38 V.22 2014

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Economic databases

ABI/INFORM [electronic resource].
Global ed. [Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI]
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Index to business and management literature with much full text, including the Wall Street Journal for 1984+.
Business source complete [electronic resource].
Ipswich, Mass. : EBSCO Pub., c2005-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Provides full text for over 10,000 scholarly business journals and other sources, including full text for more than 1,150 peer-reviewed business publications.
EconLit with full text [electronic resource].
[Ipswich, Mass. : EBSCO Publishing]
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Indexes, with some abstracts, the world's economic literature--over 300 major economic journals and collective volumes.

Related databases

PAIS international in print.
New York, N.Y. : Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., 1991-
Green Library » InfoCenter (non-circulating) » Z7163 .P3 V.24 PT.2 2015
Indexes selected books, government documents, and periodical articles on contemporary public issues and the making of public policy.
IBSS extra [electronic resource] : the international bibliography of the social sciences.
Norwood, MA : SilverPlatter Information,
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Contains bibliographic information from an international selection of publications (including over 2600 journals and books, book reviews, and book chapters) in the fields of economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology.

Websites

Grapevine

"Since 1960, Grapevine has published annual compilations of data on state tax support for higher education, including general fund appropriations for universities, colleges, community colleges, and state higher education agencies. Each year’s Grapevine survey has asked states for tax appropriations data for the new fiscal year and for revisions (if any) to data reported in previous years."

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

"The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education."

Trends in College Spending

"Trends in College Spending (TCS) Online is an interactive web-based data system that gives higher education stakeholders easy access to information on finance, performance, and enrollments for individual institutions, groups of institutions, or the nation as a whole. Recent patterns in higher education finance are presented using six primary "metrics" compiled by the Delta Cost Project (shown below). These metrics mirror those in the Delta Cost Project’s Trends in College Spending reports, where national-level patterns and trends are presented. The TCS system allows institutional-level comparisons with those national data."