Henry Levin (economist)

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Henry M. Levin is an education economist and the William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education at Columbia University's Teachers College. [1] Moreover, he is the co-director of the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education [2] (CBCSE) and the director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSPE). [3] Levin has been elected to the National Academy of Education and has received the American Educational Research Association's Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award for his research on the impact of markets and competition on the effectiveness of schools and the cost of inadequate education. [4]

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Biography

Henry M. Levin has earned a B.S. in marketing and economics from New York University in 1960, followed by an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from Rutgers University in 1962 and 1967. After his graduation, Levin became an assistant professor of education and economics at Stanford University before being promoted to associate professor in 1969, to full professor in 1975 and becoming the David Jacks Professor of Higher Education and Economics in 1992. In 1999, Levin emerited from Stanford. While at Stanford, he directed the Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance (1969-75), the Center for Educational Research (1975-99), and founded the Accelerated Schools project. Since his emeritation from Stanford in 1999, Levin has been the William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education and the director of the National Center for the Study for Privatization in Education at Columbia University's Teacher's College. Additionally, he has also co-directed the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies in Education after 2007. [5]

Levin performs editorial duties for, among others, the Peabody Journal of Education , Economics of Education Review , Journal of Education and Work , Urban Review , and American Behavioral Scientist and has done so in the past for e.g. the American Educational Research Journal and the Review of Educational Research . He has worked as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Education, National Science Foundation, OECD, and World Bank. [5]

Research

Henry M. Levin is specialized on the economics of education and human resources, urban economics, public finance and education policy. More specifically, he has researched cost effectiveness approaches to evaluation, school finance, the relationship between education and inequality, market-based approaches to education, and accelerated schools for at-risk students. [5]

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References

  1. Profile of Henry Levin on the website of Teacher's College. Retrieved March 31st, 2018.
  2. "'Who We Are' section on the CBCSE website. Retrieved March 31st, 2018". Archived from the original on 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. 'About the Center' section on the website of the NCSPE. Retrieved March 31st, 2018.
  4. Webpage of the AERA's Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award. Retrieved March 31st, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 Curriculum vitae of Henry Levin from the website of Columbia University. Retrieved March 31st, 2018.