Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Productivity in Higher Education
Caroline M. Hoxby · 2019
66/100
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A rigorous, peer-reviewed NBER economics volume edited by a genuinely respected researcher, tackling a hard question about how to measure what colleges actually produce. Excellent scholarship, but it's written for economists and policy wonks, not for a family bookshelf.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness78
Craft & writing55
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy75
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit30
Human-eye read30
Penny’s verdict66
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