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Lesley Turner
Lesley Turner

Masterclass with Lesley Turner

Thursday, February 22, 5–6 p.m. Central Standard Time (UTC-6)

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In this Masterclass session, Lesley Turner, Associate Professor at UChicago Harris, will discuss how the incentives built into the current structure of the financing of higher education affects students and colleges, and the implications these responses have for students’ educational attainment, labor market outcomes, and financial wellbeing.

Associate Professor Lesley Turner

Lesley J. Turner is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and CESifo research affiliate. Her research broadly considers the roles that government should play in providing, financing, and regulating education. Recent work examines how the incentives built into the current structure of the financing of higher education affects students and colleges, and the implications these responses have for students’ educational attainment, labor market outcomes, and financial wellbeing.

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