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The Postsecondary Equity & Economics Research (PEER) Center is an initiative focused on promoting more equitable outcomes in higher education.
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Cosmetology Schools Everywhere

By Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Bianca Onwukwe

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Graduate Program Accountability

By Celese Carruthers

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A High School Earnings Benchmark

By Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Kathryn J. Blanchard

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Information Alone Is Not Enough

By Dominique J. Baker, Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Judith Scott-Clayton, and Lesley J. Turner

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Economic Value of Master's Degrees

By Veronica Minaya and Adela Soliz

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HBCUs and Black Students’ Outcomes

By Ashley Edwards, Justin Ortagus, Jonathan Smith, and Iza Andria Smythe

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Research

The Center will bring together leading economics and education policy scholars to generate new evidence to promote more equitable outcomes in higher education.
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Background

The Postsecondary Equity and Economics Research (PEER) Center is housed at American University, and co-directed by Dr. Jordan Matsudaira, Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University, and Dr. Stephanie Cellini, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at The George Washington University. Matsudaira previously served as the first-ever Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Education and as Chief Economist of the Council of Economic Advisors. Cellini previously served with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the White House.

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