Caroline Hoxby — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Received The Smithsonian Institution's Ingenuity Award for her "Expanding College" project.
Serves as the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University since 2007.
Directs the Economics of Education Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Pioneered the application of economic thinking to education, generating significant insights in the field.
Led the Expanding College Opportunities project, a randomized controlled trial that increased low-income high achievers' admission to selective schools by almost 80%.
Appointed by the president to the National Board of Education Sciences and advises government and The Brookings Institution on education policy.
Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT (1994) and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University (1988) as a Rhodes Scholar.

Biography

Caroline Minter Hoxby is the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford University, a position she has held since 2007. She also serves as the Director of the Economics of Education Program at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and is a Senior Fellow at both the Hoover Institution and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.