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  • Marvin Titus
  • Assistant Professor; Higher Education
  • Room: 2200 Benjamin
  • Phone: 301-405-3580

Ph.D., University of Maryland








Biography

Prior to joining the faculty in EDHI at the University of Maryland, Dr. Titus was an assistant professor at North Carolina State University. He was also a coordinator of policy analysis at the University System of Maryland, an institutional research analyst at George Mason University, and an adjunct economics lecturer at the University of the Virgin Islands. Dr Titus specializes in the following areas: economics and finance of higher education; state higher education policy; student access and persistence; labor market outcomes of graduate students; and quantitative research methods.

Publications
  • Titus, M.A. (forthcoming). Understanding the Relationship Between Working While in College and Future Salaries. In L. W. Perna (Ed.), Understanding the Meaning of “Work” for Today’s Undergraduates. Stylus Publishing.
  • Titus, M. A. (2009-2010). Bachelor’s degree productivity x-inefficiency: The role of state higher education policy. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and
    Practice, 11(1), 7–32.
  • Titus, M. A. (2009). The production of bachelor’s degrees and financial aspects of state higher education policy: A dynamic analysis. The Journal of Higher Education. 80(4), 439-468.
  • Titus, M. A. (2007). Detecting selection bias, using propensity score matching, and estimating treatment effects: An application to the private returns to a master’s degree. Research in Higher Education, 48(4), 487-521.
  • Titus, M. A. (2006). No college student left behind: The influence of financial aspects of a state's higher education policy on college completion. The Review of Higher Education, 29(3), 293-317.
  • Titus, M. A. (2006). Understanding the influence of the financial context of institutions on student persistence at four-year colleges and universities, The Journal of Higher Education, 77(2), 353-375.
  • Titus, M. A. (2006). Understanding college degree completion of students with low socioeconomic status: The influence of institutional financial context. Research in Higher Education, 47(4), 371 - 398.
  • Perna, L.W. & Titus, M. A. (2005). The relationship between parental involvement as social capital and college enrollment: An examination of racial/ethnic group differences. Journal of Higher Education, 76(5), 485-518.
  • Titus, M. A. (2004). Examining the influence of institutional context on persistence at four-year colleges and universities: A multilevel approach. Research in Higher Education, 45(7), 673 - 699.
  • Perna, L.W. & Titus, M. A. (2004). Understanding differences in the choice of college attended: The role of state public policies. Review of Higher Education, 27(4), 501-525.
  • Titus, M. A. (2004). National Center for Education Statistics: Supplemental Table Update, January, 2002. In T. Shohov (Ed.), Federal Student Loans. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (pp. 129 – 161).
Courses
  • EDHI 650 Professional Seminar in Higher and Adult Education
    EDHI 701 Applied Research and Data Based Decision Making
    EDHI 752 State Systems of Higher Education
    EDHI 754 Federal Policies in Postsecondary Education
    EDHI 755 Finance in Higher Education
    EDHI 895 Research Critique Seminar

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