Eric Bettinger

Eric Bettinger

Professor
Assistant: Meg Hardin
Office: Raikes 315B

Biography

Eric Bettinger is the Conley DeAngelis Family Professor in the º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø University School of Education and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also a research associate in the program on education at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Bettinger is the Director of the Center for Educational Policy Analysis and the Director at the Lemann Center for Brazilian Education at º£½ÇÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø. His research interests include economics of education; student success and completion in college; the impacts of online education; the impacts of financial aid; teacher characteristics and student success in college; effects of voucher programs on both academic and non-academic outcomes. Eric’s research focuses on using rigorous statistical methods in identifying cause-and-effect relationships in higher education. His research on simplifying financial aid applications has influenced recent efforts by the White House to simplify financial aid processes. He has served as a consultant to the White House and various state governments on financial aid policies.

Other titles

Professor,
Hoover Senior Fellow,
Senior Fellow,
Professor (By courtesy), Economics

Program affiliations

SHIPS (PhD): Economics of Education
SHIPS (PhD): Educational Data Science
SHIPS (PhD): Educational Policy
SHIPS (PhD): Higher Education
SHIPS (PhD): Global and Comparative Education
(MA) GCE/IEPA
(MA) POLS
(MA) MA/MBA
(MS) EDS

Research interests

Data Sciences | Economics and Education | Higher Education | International and Comparative Education

Recent publications

Evans, B. J., Bettinger, E. P., & Antonio, A. L. (2025). Data Collection and Monitoring in an Educational RCT of a Postsecondary Access Program: Assessing Internal and External Validity. EDUCATION SCIENCES, 15(3).
Lichand, G., Ash, E., Arold, B., Gudino, J., Doria, C. A., Trindade, A., … Yeager, D. (2024). Measuring student mindsets at scale in resource-constrained settings: A toolkit with an application to Brazil during the pandemic. Journal of Research on Adolescence : the Official Journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence.
Bettinger, E., & Fidjeland, A. (2024). College rankings, labor market outcomes, and alumni satisfaction. EDUCATION ECONOMICS.