CURRICULUM VITAE Michael J. Rizzo CONTACT INFORMATION: Work Address: Home Address: Electronic Mail: Web Page: Citizenship: Centre College 417 Crounse Hall 600 West Walnut Street Danville, KY 40422 (859) 238-5239 1380 Chrisman Lane Danville, KY 40422 (859) 236-5656 (859) 319-1518 (mobile) rizzo@centre.edu http://web.centre.edu/rizzo/ United States of America FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Primary Fields: Economics of Education, Labor Economics Dissertation Title: A (Less Than) Zero Sum Game? State Funding for Public Higher Education: How Public Higher Education Institutions Have Lost Dissertation Supervisor: Ronald G. Ehrenberg Secondary Fields: Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics EDUCATION: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 1999-2004 Ph.D. Economics M.A. Economics October 2002 Amherst College, Amherst, MA 1992-1996 B.A. Economics, Magna Cum Laude
WORK AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: Assistant Professor of Economics Centre College, Danville, KY Consultant Scannell & Kurz, Inc., Rochester, NY. Faculty Associate Cornell Higher Education Research Institute Fall 2004 present May 2004 present Summer 2004 - present Instructor - Labor Economics Spring 2003 and Spring 2004 Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations Senior Graduate Research Assistant Summer 2000-2004 Cornell Higher Education Research Institute Area Coordinator Department of Residential Life, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1998-99 Academic Year Investment Banking Analyst 1996-1998 Putnam, Lovell and Thornton Inc.- Mergers and Acquisitions Group and Structured Financed Group, New York, NY ACADEMIC PAPERS: A Panel Data Analysis of State Preferences for Funding Higher Education: 1977-2001, in American Council of Education, What s Happening to Public Higher Education, (Greenwood Press, forthcoming 2006). The Public Interest in Higher Education, in Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland ed. Education and Economic Development, May 2005. The Changing Composition of American Citizen PhDs (Jeff Groen and Michael J. Rizzo) in Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Paula Stephan, eds., Science and the University, (University of Wisconsin Press, forthcoming). Who Bears the Growing Cost of Science at Universities? (Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Michael J. Rizzo and George H. Jakubson), in Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Paula Stephan, eds., Science and the University, (University of Wisconsin Press, forthcoming). Resident and Nonresident Tuition and Enrollment at Flagship State Universities (Michael J. Rizzo and Ronald G. Ehrenberg) in C. Hoxby, ed., College Choice: The Economics of Which College, When College and How to Pay For It, (University of Chicago Press, 2004). Financial Forces and the Future of American Higher Education (Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Michael J. Rizzo). Academe, July-August 2004. Faculty Retirement Policies After the End of Mandatory Retirement (Ronald G. Ehrenberg and Michael J. Rizzo), TIAA-CREF Report. Research Dialogue No.69, October 2001. 2
Start-Up Costs in American Research Universities (Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Michael J. Rizzo and Scott Condie), CHERI Working Paper WP 33, March 2003 (available at http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cheri). A Soldier s Choice Among Job, College and Career: Do Educational Benefits Matter? Paper presented at the Seventh Annual Meetings of the Society of Labor Economists, Baltimore, MD, May 3-4, 2002. Revise and resubmit. BOOK REVIEWS AND COMMENTARY: Review of Mark Gradstein, Moshe Justman, and Volker Meier, The Political Economy of Education: Implications for Growth and Inequality (The MIT Press) forthcoming in Industrial and Labor Relations Review. Review of Alan Manning, Monopsony in Motion: Imperfect Competition in Labor Markets (Princeton University Press) in Industrial and Labor Relations Review 57, p.309-311, January 2004. Summary of Survey of Tuition Reciprocity Programs at Public Research and Doctoral Universities (available at www.ilr.cornell.edu/cheri, click on surveys). WORK IN PROGRESS: Relief for Whom? The Effects of School Property Tax Relief Programs: Evidence from the New York State STAR Program and Beyond. Do Financial Aid Offices Over-Award Admitted Students? A Simultaneous Limited Dependent Variables System Application (with Robert E. Martin and Randy Campbell). The Competitive Fallout from Falling State Support of Higher Education (with Yi Yang). The Impacts of the Increasing Cost of Science at Liberal Arts Colleges. Understanding Mission Creep in Higher Education. Pork-Fried Prestige: The Impact of Federal Earmarks for Academic Research on AAU Membership (with Nick Jones and Brandon Sheridan). Has the Growth of Earmarking Crowded-Out Competitive Research Dollars at American Universities? (with Nick Jones and Brandon Sheridan). TEACHING: Principles of Economics, Economics Program, Centre College, Spring 2005-6 (ECO 110) Microeconomic Analysis, Economics Program, Centre College, Spring 2005 (ECO 220) 3
The Curious Economics of Higher Education, Freshmen Seminar, Centre College, Winter 2005-6 (FRS 148) Development Economics, Economics Program, International Studies Program, Centre College, Fall 2004-5 (ECO 360) Economics of Wages and Employment, Department of Labor Economics, Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Spring 2003-2004. (ILRLE 240); Centre College, Fall 2005 (ECO 405) `Empirical Analysis of Economics and Finance, Financial Economics Program; Centre College, Spring 2006 (ECO 395) CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Annual Policy Research Conference of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI), Assessing Public Higher Education at the Start of the 21st Century, May 22-23 2005, Ithaca, NY. Conference on Education and Economic Development, November 2004 (2 papers), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Annual Meetings of the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE), April 2004, San Antonio, TX. Annual Meetings of the American Education Finance Association (AEFA), March 2004, Salt Lake City, UT. Annual Policy Research Conference of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI), Science and the University, May 20-21, 2003 (2 papers), Ithaca, NY. National Bureau of Economic Research, Education Research Conference, August 2002, Bretton Woods, NH. REFEREE Economics of Education Review. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Southern Economics Journal. SURVEYS ADMINISTERED / WRITTEN: Survey of Extension Funding at Land Grant Colleges and Universities, 2004, with Will Young (Centre College) and funding from CHERI. Survey of Economics Department Chairs, 2003, CHERI and Computer Assisted Survey Team (CAST) at Cornell University. 4
Survey of Start-Up Costs and Laboratory Allocation Rules at Research and Doctoral Universities, 2002, CHERI and CAST at Cornell University. Survey of Tuition Reciprocity Agreements at Public Research and Doctoral Universities, 2001, CHERI and CAST at Cornell University. Survey of the Relationship Between the University and its Colleges on Selected Academic Matters, 2000, CHERI and CAST at Cornell University. Survey of Changes in Faculty Retirement Policies, 2000, CHERI and CAST at Cornell University. Survey of Resource Allocation Methodologies at Research and Doctorate Institutions in the United States, 1999, CHERI and CAST at Cornell University. AWARDS, HONORS AND OTHER: Rookie of the Year as Top New Faculty Member, Centre College, awarded by Ο Κ for 2005 academic year. Sage Fellowship, Cornell University, 1999-2000 and 2002-2003. President, Cornell Graduate Student Association in Field of Economics, 2000-2001. Series 7 and Series 63 Registered Representative, 1996-98. Bernstein Prize, Amherst College 1995-96 (Top Senior Honors Thesis in Economics). Hamilton Prize, Amherst College, 1993-94 (Top Underclassman Economics Performance). Member: American Economic Association, American Education Finance Association, Society of Labor Economists, Southern Economic Association. CONTINUING EDUCATION & TEACHER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: Teaching Innovation Program. American Economic Association, Washington, DC, June 3-5, 2005. REFERENCES: Professor Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Department of Labor Economics, 256 Ives Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (607) 255-3026, FAX: (607) 255-4496, E-Mail: rge2@cornell.edu. Professor John Ward, Dean of the College, Centre College, 600 West Walnut Street, Danville, KY 40422, (859) 238-5226, FAX: (859) 238-6977, E-Mail: wardj@centre.edu. Professor Bruce Johnson, James Graham Brown Professor of Economics, 600 West Walnut Street, Danville, KY 40422, (859) 238-5255, FAX: (859) 238-5774, E-Mail: johnsonb@centre.edu. 5
Professor George Boyer, Director of Teaching, Department of Labor Economics, 266 Ives Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (607) 255-2752, FAX: (607) 255-4496, E-Mail: grb3@cornell.edu. James Scannell & Kathy Kurz, President and Vice President, Scannell & Kurz, Inc., 40B Grove Street Pittsford, NY 14534, (585) 381-1120, FAX: (585) 381-2383, E-Mail: Scannell@scannellkurz.com, Kurz@scannellkurz.com. Professor William D. Schulze, Department of Applied Economics and Management, 301 Warren Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (607) 255-9611, E-Mail: wds3@cornell.edu. Professor George Jakubson, Department of Labor Economics, 254 Ives Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (607) 255-4546, FAX: (607) 255-4496, E-Mail: gj10@cornell.edu. 6