Looking forward to heading to Cambridge today for the NBER Financing Higher Education conference, where I’ll be presenting this new work with Kalena Cortes & Camila Morales. Paper, program, and livestream all available here! nber.org/conferences/fi…

Cool! But as an Arizona resident, can I suggest that "higher education desert" (or any "X desert") is not a good metaphor. Deserts have plenty of life! If you're looking for places of wasted opportunity as a trope, how about "higher education asphalt" instead?