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Bradley Curs
Assistant Professor
202 Hill Hall
(573) 882-2759
E-mail: cursb@missouri.edu
Personal Website: web.missouri.edu/~cursb/
Research Areas
- Economics of Education
- Higher Education Finance
- College Access and Affordability
Brief Biography
Bradley R. Curs is Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Economics at the University of Oregon in August 2005. His research has primarily focused on the efficacy of financial aid programs, at the national, state and institutional level, in increasing access to higher education for low-income students. His teaching portfolio includes: the economics of education, budget and finance in higher and continuing education, current issues in higher and continuing education, higher education policy, policy studies, and quantitative methods in educational research.
Academic Background
Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, August 2005, in Economics
M.S. from the University of Oregon, December 2000, in Economics
B.S. from the University of Oregon, June 1999, in Mathematics and Economics
Published Works
Refereed Journal Articles
Saupe, J. L., & Curs, B. R. (in press). Deriving enrollment management scores from ACT Data. IR Applications.Curs, B. R. (2008). The effect of institutional merit-based aid on enrollment decisions of needy students. Enrollment Management Journal, 2, 10-31.
Curs, B. R., Singell, L. D., Jr., & Waddell, G. R. (2007). Money for nothing? The institutional impact of changes in federal aid policy. Education Finance and Policy, 2, 228-261.
Singell, L. D., Jr., Waddell, G. R., & Curs, B. R. (2006). Hope for the Pell? The impact of merit-aid on needy students. Southern Economic Journal, 73, 79-99.
Curs, B. R., & Singell, L. D., Jr. (2002). An analysis of the application and enrollment processes for in-state and out-of-state students at a large public university. Economics of Education Review, 21, 111-124.
Book Chapters
Curs, B. R., Singell, L. D., Jr., & Waddell, G. R. (2007). The Pell program at thirty years. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research: Vol. XXII (pp. 281-334). New York: Springer.Working Papers
Aim high or go low? Pricing strategies and enrollment effects when the net price elasticity varies with need and ability. w/ Larry D. Singell, Jr. Invited to revise and resubmit.What can financial aid buy? The effects of financial aid packages on the enrollment decisions of applicants to a large public university.
The roles of public higher education expenditure and the privatization of the higher education on U.S. states economic growth. w/ Bornali Bhandari
Differential Effects of the Components of Higher Education Expenditure on U.S State Economic Growth. w/ Valeska Araujo
Presentations
Presentations (* designates peer-reviewed)
The roles of public higher education expenditure and the privatization of the higher education on U.S. states economic growth. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, May 2008 (forthcoming).
The roles of public higher education expenditure and the privatization of the higher education on U.S. states economic growth. American Educational Finance Association Conference, Denver, CO, April 2008 (forthcoming).*
Differential Effects of the Components of Higher Education Expenditure on U.S State Economic Growth. American Education Research Association Conference, New York City, NY, March 2008 (forthcoming). *
Job Search Strategies for ASHE/Lumina Fellows. Association for the Study of Higher Education Summer Policy Colloquium, Potomac, MD, June 2007.
The roles of public higher education expenditure and the privatization of the higher education on U.S. states economic growth. Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November 2007. *
Aim high or go low? Pricing strategies and enrollment effects when the net price elasticity varies with need and ability. Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Louisville, KY, November 2007. *
What can financial aid buy? The effects of financial aid packages on the enrollment decisions of applicants to a large public university. American Educational Finance Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 2007. *
Financial aid and where applicants to a large public university eventually attend. Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Anaheim, CA, November 2006. *
What can financial aid buy? The effects of financial aid packages on the enrollment decisions of applicants to a large public university. University of Houston Higher Education Finance Roundtable, Houston, TX, May 2006. *
The effect of institutional merit-based aid on enrollment decisions of needy students. American Educational Finance Association Conference, Denver, CO, March 2006. *
Hope for the Pell? The impact of merit-aid on needy students. Association for the Study of Higher Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005. *
Money for nothing? Changes in federal aid policy and the college choice of Pell recipients. National Bureau of Economic Research Higher Education Workshop, Cambridge, MA, April 2005. *
Pay your money, take your choice: Three essays on the changing need-merit mix of financial aid and the college choice of low-income students. Association for the Study of Higher Education Pre-Conference, Kansas City, MO, November 2004. *
Money for nothing? Changes in federal aid policy and the college choice of Pell recipients. Southern Economic Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, November 2004. *
Service
Professional Affiliations
American Economic Association
American Educational Research Association
American Education Finance Association
Association for the Study of Higher Education
Manuscript Reviewer
Economics of Education ReviewAmerican Educational Research Journal: Teaching, Learning, and Human Development
Journal about Women in Higher Education
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Review of Industrial Organization
Program Planning Committee
American Educational Research Association – Division J (Higher Education), 2009Conference Proposal Reviewer
American Educational Research Association, 2007, 2008Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2006, 2007, 2008
Conference Session Chair
Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2007Southern Economic Association, 2007
Conference Session Discussant
American Educational Research Association, 2007American Education Finance Association, 2007
From Equity to Adequacy to Choice School Finance Conference, Columbia, MO, 2007
University of Missouri
Missouri P-20 Education Research Center, founding board member, Winter 2006-presentPlanning committee to establish a research consortium for the study of the Kansas City area school districts, member, Winter 2006
Tuition increase plan advisory ad-hoc committee, Fall 2005
Advisory Role to the Vice Provost of Enrollment Management for issues of enrollment management, Winter 2006-present.
University of Missouri, College of Education
Planning Committee for the No Child Left Behind Town Hall 2006, member, Fall 2005-Winter 2006ESCP Faculty Search – Educational Psychology, member, Fall 2007-Winter 2008
Center for Community College Research, Research Associate, 2006-present
University of Missouri, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Student Scholarship Committee, member, Fall 2006-presentELPA Search – Educational Administration, member, Fall 2005-Winter 2006
ELPA Search – Higher and Continuing Education, member, Fall 2007-Winter 2008
Awards and Honors
National
University of Houston, Higher Education Finance Roundtable Fellow, 2006.
Lumina Foundation, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Education Dissertation Fellowship, 2004.
Institutional
Excellence in Education Award, University of Missouri, Department of Student Affairs, Nominee, 2007
Graduate School Research Award, University of Oregon, 2004.
Kleinsorge Research Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, 2004.
Outstanding GTF Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, 2004.
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon, 2001 – 2005.
Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Oregon, 1999.