Morton Schapiro

President of the College
Professor of Economics

Office: Hopkins
E-mail: Morton.Owen.Schapiro@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-4233
Fax: (413)-597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
Fernald House
Williamstown, MA 01267

Education

University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D, 1979
Hofstra University, B.A., 1975

Fields of Specialization

Economics of higher education, with particular expertise in the area of college financing and affordability, and on trends in educational costs and student aid.

Research

Publications and Working Papers

"U.S. Higher Education Finance", with Michael S. McPherson, in the Handbook on the Economics of Education, Eric Hanushek and Finis Welch, editors, North-Holland Press, forthcoming.

"Changing Patterns of Institutional Aid: Impact on Access and Educational Policy," with Michael S. McPherson, in Condition of Access: Higher Education for Lower Income Students, Donald E. Heller, Ed., Praeger Publishers, Westport Connecticut, 2002, pp. 73-94.

"The Blurring Line Between Merit and Need in Financial Aid," with Michael S. McPherson, Change, Vol. 34, No. 2, March/April 2002, pp. 38-46.

"The End of the Student Aid Era? Higher Education Finance in the United States," with Michael S. McPherson, in A Faithful Mirror: Reflections on the College Board and Education in America, Michael C. Johanek, Ed., The College Board, New York, 2001, pp. 335-376.

"Financing Lifelong Learning, Trends and Patterns of Participation and Financing in U.S. Higher Education," with Michael S. McPherson, Higher Education Management, OECD, 2000, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 131-156.

Tenure Issues in Higher Education, McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Journal-of-Economic-Perspectives; 13(1), Winter 1999, pages 85-98.

The student aid game: Meeting need and rewarding talent in American higher education McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998, pages xi, 161.

Financing Undergraduate Education: Designing National Policies McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen National-Tax-Journal; 50(3), September 1997, pages 557-71.

Review of: Buying the best: Cost escalation in elite higher education Schapiro,-Morton-Owen (Reviewer) Journal-of-Economic-Literature; 35(2), June 1997, pages 803-805.

Does Student Aid Affect College Enrollment? New Evidence on a Persistent Controversy McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Cohn,-Elchanan; Johnes,-Geraint, eds. Recent developments in the economics of education.. Elgar Reference Collection. International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, no. 40. Aldershot, U.K.: Elgar; distributed in the U.S. by Ashgate, Brookfield, Vt., 1994, pages 196-205. Previously published: [1991].

Paying the Piper: Productivity, Incentives, and Financing in U.S. Higher Education: Introduction McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Winston,-Gordon-C. Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education.. Economics of Education series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993, pages 3-13.

Trends in Revenues and Expenditures in U.S. Higher Education: Where Does the Money Come From? Where Does It Go? Blasdell,-Scott-W.; McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Winston,-Gordon-C. Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education.. Economics of Education series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993, pages 15-34.

Measuring the Effects of Federal Student Aid: An Assessment of Some Methodological and Empirical Problems McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Winston,-Gordon-C. Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education.. Economics of Education series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993, pages 187-228.

The Effect of Government Financing on the Behavior of Colleges and Universities McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Winston,-Gordon-C. Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education.. Economics of Education series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993, pages 235-50.

The Next Frontier in Higher Education Economics McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Winston,-Gordon-C. McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Winston,-Gordon-C. Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education.. Economics of Education series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993, pages 317-20.

Indirect Cost Recovery Rates: Why Do They Differ? McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Smith,-Ian-G. Eastern-Economic-Journal; 22(2), Spring 1996, pages 205-14.

Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S higher education McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Winston,-Gordon-C. Economics of Education series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993, pages vi, 335.

Review of: Studies of supply and demand in higher education Schapiro,-Morton-Owen (Reviewer) Journal-of-Economic-Literature; 32(1), March 1994, pages 150-51.

Progression to Graduate School from the "Elite" Colleges and Universities Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; O'Malley,-Michael-P.; Litten,-Larry-H. Economics-of-Education-Review; 10(3), 1991, pages 227-44.

Keeping college affordable: Government and educational opportunity McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1991, pages xv, 262.

Does Student Aid Affect College Enrollment? New Evidence on a Persistent Controversy McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen American-Economic-Review; 81(1), March 1991, pages 309-18.

Recent Trends in U.S. Higher Education Costs and Prices: The Role of Government Funding McPherson,-Michael-S.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Winston,-Gordon-C. American-Economic-Review; 79(2), May 1989, pages 253-57.

Filling up America: An economic-demographic model of population growth and distribution in the nineteenth-century United States Schapiro,-Morton-Owen. Industrial Development and the Social Fabric, An International Series of Historical Monographs, vol. 8. Greenwich, Conn., and London: JAI Press, 1986, pages xiii, 149.

A General Dynamic Model of 19th Century U.S. Population Change Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Economic-Modelling; 2(4), October 1985, pages 347-56.

Socioeconomic Ramifications of Changing Cohort Size: An Analysis of U.S. Postwar Suicide Rates by Age and Sex Ahlburgh,-Dennis-A.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Demography; 21(1), February 1984, pages 97-108.

Inheritance Laws across Colonies: Causes and Consequences Alston,-Lee-J.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Journal-of-Economic-History; 44(2), June 1984, pages 277-87.

The Social Cost of Economic Decline: Some Earlier Evidence Ahlburgh,-Dennis-A.; Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Journal-of-Post-Keynesian-Economics; 6(2), Winter 1983-84, pages 303-04.

Land Availability and Fertility in the United States, 1760-1870 Schapiro,-Morton-Owen Journal-of-Economic-History; 42(3), September 1982, pages 577-600.

Suicide: The Ultimate Cost of Unemployment Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Ahlburg,-Dennis-A. Journal-of-Post-Keynesian-Economics; 5(2), Winter 1982-83, pages 276-80.

Educational Attainment by Sex and Age, 1980-2000 Schapiro,-Morton-Owen; Easterlin,-Richard-A. Review-of-Public-Data-Use; 9(4), December 1981, pages 323-39.

Other

Selected Work Experience

Assistant Provost, Williams College

Chair of the Department of Economics, University of Southern California

Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California