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Jeff Denning

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Economist of Education UTexas, LBJ School, College of Education www.jeffdenning.com

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AEFP Live Handbook @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Student loans can help students pay for college, but their effects depend on how and why students borrow. In a new chapter, Jeffrey T. Denning examines student loans, borrowing, student debt, college prices, and income-driven repayment. Learn more: livehandbook.org/higher-educa...
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 12/11/2025
Popular discourse attributes falling college enrollments to the rising cost of four-year college. That story is wrong in multiple ways, as @mattbarnum.bsky.social points out in his latest roundup of the evidence (citing a new working paper of ours): www.chalkbeat.org/2025/11/11/i...
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Is college enrollment plummeting?
Reports of the death of the bachelor’s degree have been greatly exaggerated.
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 15/10/2025
Don't forget that the deadline for SOLE is coming up. The meeting will be in Denver on May 1-2 this year. I am a big fan of SOLE and will be on the program committee reviewing higher education papers, so *definitely* submit if you have papers in higher education. Link below
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 04/09/2025
If you know of a student who is looking for a education post doc (now, odd timing I know), I may have an opportunity for them. They would be working Texas admin data so experience with that would be a big plus.
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 04/09/2025
First time being on the receiving end of this
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 03/09/2025
Nothing makes me feel more like a professor than checking out a dusty old library book for research. Economics rarely looks like this—but it’s exactly what I thought professors did when I was a kid
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 02/09/2025
One of the best feelings in research is coming up with a great title. I may have come up with my favorite yet, stay tuned
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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The graduation part II: Graduate program graduation rates" By @jeffdenning.com & @lesleyturner.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 26/07/2025
Done fishing for a while
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 15/07/2025
🎣
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 22/06/2025
Had to make sure to catch a bow on this trip too
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 21/06/2025
Nice cutthroat today
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Michael Petrilli @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
IES REBORN? On today's Education Gadfly Show podcast, Fordham's Amber Northern (of "Amber's Research Minute" fame) announces that she's joining the Trump Administration for six months to help develop a plan for a new IES. Listen now (starts around 24:30): fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 30/05/2025
Happy surprise to see this discussion of our paper in Jessica Hoel's substack (which is good generally!) liberalartsledger.substack.com/p/day-14-gra...
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Day 14: Grades, graduation rates, and actual learning
A series following my new class: The Economics of Higher Education
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 30/05/2025
My intermediate micro students would be proud
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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
We're thrilled to announce three outstanding researchers are joining the Upjohn Institute: Chloe Gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social and Monique Davis @monique-e-davis.bsky.social in August and Ethan Jenkins June 2. Welcome! #laboreconomics #econsky
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 23/05/2025
Next year I'll be joining the LBJ School of Public Affairs and College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. It's a dream come true to be back at UT. I want to thank @ndecon.bsky.social for the last two years--it has been a great place for me and my family.
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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 13/04/2025
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but 2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but 3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So 4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start! Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall). Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768 Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 25/03/2025
At the district spell bowl, a night for the nerds. Let's get ready to rumble!
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 22/03/2025
Thanks to @chloergibbs.bsky.social and @jeffdenning.com and others for a great visit to Notre Dame (and great feedback on our paper studying the past 15 years of declines in community college enrollment). Among many highlights of the visit was the branded waffle I just made myself for breakfast.
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 17/03/2025
Happy to contribute this chapter on student loans in the United States to the @aefpweb.bsky.social live handbook. I try to summarize what we have learned in student loan research recently. livehandbook.org/higher-educa...
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Student Loans
This report analyzes the effects of student loans on education, jobs, & finances. Key findings include loan access, college costs, & repayment options.
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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I was just informed that the Department of Education has taken down all its Civil Rights data. If you need it, alternative sites are now hosting it for the public. See links in this thread. ocrdata.ed.gov/notfound
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Civil Rights Data | U.S. Department of Education
Understand trends in student opportunity, security, and diversity.
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 05/03/2025
Anyone have cites for the effects of graduate school tuition on enrollment? I can't think of any offhand but could use one. Thanks!
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 24/02/2025
How are parents affected by their kid going to college? How are they affected when their kid gets a scholarship or grant? New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie www.nber.org/papers/w33497
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 20/02/2025
In a moment of weakness this morning I looked up flights to Florida *leaving today* Pretty ready for mornings that start with temperatures in the single digits to be over for the year
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 19/02/2025
Should be on every econ of ed syllabus (and labor too imo)
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Andrew Bacher-Hicks @abacherhicks.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Back by popular demand! We just released another call for proposals using RCTs and quasi-experiments. 3-page LOIs are due March 14. Details here: bit.ly/4ambjv3 (1/2)
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Arnold Ventures | Two New Ways to Learn What Actually Works
The Evidence and Evaluation team has launched two new requests for proposals to strengthen and build evidence of proven programs, policies, and…
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The @arnoldventures.bsky.social Criminal Justice team will soon launch a monthly newsletter! Subscribe here to get fresh CJ research, policy, and advocacy developments delivered to your inbox. I promise we'll keep it interesting.🥳 www.arnoldventures.org/subscribe
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chloe gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I know lots of stuff is off the rails, but just got another R&R, so for now, we celebrate 🎉 🎉 🎉
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 29/01/2025
I have a project where one of @cdechaisemartin.bsky.social 's papers is relevant. He has slides posted which were very helpful in understanding what is going on etc. I like this convention and hope others adopt it. Not sure what is says about me that i find slides easier to digest than a paper...
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 22/01/2025
It's the time of year when economics-trained faculty can be nominated to become NBER affiliates. If you primarily work on the economics of education and would like me to nominate you, send me an e-mail. Though budget constraints prevent all nominees from being chosen, it's worth trying!
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 20/01/2025
Go Irish!
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CSWEP @aeacswep.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
It was a great to celebrate Sandy Black's accomplishments with family, friends, and colleagues at #ASSA2025! @econsandy.bsky.social
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Jill Barshay @jillbarshay.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
National Student Clearinghouse just emailed a big correction to ed reporters: freshman enrollment did not fall by 5% in Fall 2024, it INCREASED. We all blamed the FAFSA roll out fiasco with tamping down college going. But that was wrong. Revised figs to come out Jan 23
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
In an ideal world we would have a government statistical agency doing this work of counting college students However Congress has banned the existence of a federal “unit record” data system bc higher ed lobbyists pressed them to Wouldn’t want transparency and accountability after all
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 10/01/2025
Researchers who use credit data--how did you decide which credit bureau to use?
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Wayne Sandholtz @wsandholtz.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I'm hiring RAs to work on data analysis for projects on education, infrastructure, and political economy in Latin America. Spanish/Portuguese language helpful; remote work possible. Please share, and/or apply! Links in next tweet. #econra #econ_ra #EconSky
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 10/01/2025
Researchers who use credit data--how did you decide which credit bureau to use?
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Ethan Jacobs 🇺🇦 @ejacobslaw.com · 08/01/2025
LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 09/01/2025
My third grader made the spell bowl team today, and she's trying to beat the rival schoolb that shares a parking lot, they apparently have a 7-year win streak. Sounds like the plot of a Disney Channel show
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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
**Professional/Personal Update** I am happy to share that, come Fall 2025, I will be (re!) joining the Department of Economics at the University of Texas. Hook 'em!🤘
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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring. The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)
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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
By far the high point of my career—thank you to everyone who made this happen!❤️
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Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia @sabrinapabilonia.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Sandy Black accepting the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award at the CSWEP business lunch #ASSA2025
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 05/01/2025
Is there a consensus on the use of LLMs to help write research papers? Fine to use? Use but cite? Don't use? I have something in mind like, "help me improve the flow of this paragraph" etc I have not done this but I am curious if people have thought more deeply about this than I have
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 02/01/2025
The Texas game as measured by my heart rate
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Pedro Sant’Anna @pedrosantanna.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Here are the first five sets of slides: 01 Introduction: psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro... 02 Classical 2x2 setup: psantanna.com/DiD/02_two_b... 03 Clustering issues: psantanna.com/DiD/03_Clust... 04 Functional form: psantanna.com/DiD/04_Funct... 05 Covariates: psantanna.com/DiD/05_Covar...
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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 24/12/2024
River of January
River of January
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