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Bridget Terry Long

Professor, Department of Education and Economics, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

Bridget Terry Long, PhD is a Professor of Education and Economics at the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. She is also a Faculty Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Research Affiliate at the National Center for Postsecondary Research. Her current projects include an aid simplification experiment, analysis of the growing gender gap in college enrollment, examination of institutional admissions policies, and continued research on the impact of financial aid.

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The Rising Cost of College

December 3, 2010 • Charts

College tuition and fees have risen dramatically during the last 30 years for public and private U.S. institutions and are projected to continue increasing.

Robert Rubin’s Opening Remarks and Panel on Proposals for Improving Skills and Creating Jobs

December 3, 2010 • Video

Council on Foreign Relations Co-Chair and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin's opening remarks and panel on proposals for improving skills and creating jobs at The Future of American Jobs, Part II Hamilton Project and Center for American Progress event.

The Future of American Jobs, Part II: Event Photos

December 3, 2010 • Photo Galleries

On December 3, The Hamilton Project and the Center for American Progress hosted the second of two conferences addressing the long-term challenges of creating quality jobs in the United States, and preparing American workers for the jobs of the future. U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis joined former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, Center for American Progress President and CEO John Podesta, former House Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, business leader and philanthropist Penny Pritzker, Nobel Laureate Michael Spence, and other experts in a two-panel discussion on the future of American jobs.

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Grading Higher Education: Giving Consumers the Information They Need

Papers • December 2010 • Bridget Terry Long

Potential students and their families must navigate a labyrinth of incomplete and uncertain information when deciding where to go to college, what to study, or what career to pursue, resulting in an arrrray of poor choices being made every day. This proposal calls for the federal government to expand the types of information that are available and allow users to compare indicators like cost, financial aid, student debt, employment outcomes, and average salaries following graduation, across peer institutions.

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The Future of American Jobs, Part II

Events • December 3, 2010 • Washington, DC

The Hamilton Project and the Center for American Progress hosted the second of two conferences addressing the long-term challenges of creating quality jobs in the United States and preparing American workers for those jobs of the future. As part of the event, The Hamilton Project and the Center for American Progress released three targeted policy proposals by outside scholars to deal with the long-term challenges associated with the new global economy.