Curriculum Vitae
-Carlo SalernoSenior Research Associate
Center for Higher Education Policy Studies
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE, Enschede
The Netherlands
Ph: +31.(0)53.489.3809
E: c.s.salerno@utwente.nl
EDUCATION
1997 – 2002:
The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania
Ph.D. in Higher Education
Concentration in higher education economics
Conferred: August, 2002
1993 – 1997:
Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan
Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics
Conferred: April, 1997
WORKING PAPERS
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Salerno, C. (CHEPS) (16-10-2003). Fitness clubs and manufacturers: university
resource allocation and the increasingly awkward economics of higher
education. Research colloquium series at the Pennsylvania State University's Higher
Education program State College: Pennsylvania U.S.A. (16-10-2003). Paper.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Salerno, C.S. (2004, currently under review). Using data envelopment analysis
(DEA) to improve estimates of higher education institution’s per-student
education costs. Journal of Higher Education Economics.
Salerno, C.S. (2004, in press). Public money and private providers: Funding
channels and national patterns in four countries. Higher Education 48(1), pp. 1-30.
Wortman, T.I., Salerno, C.S., & Lynch Jr., J.F. (2002). International students:
Toward a hierarchy of needs. Journal of the Pennsylvania College Personnel Association.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters:
Salerno, C.S. (2004, in press). Rapid expansion and extensive deregulation: The
Development of markets for higher education in the Netherlands. In A. Amaral,
D.Dill, B. Jongbloed, & P. Teixera (Eds). Markets in Higher Education. Kluwer: Dordrecht.
Reports:
Jongbloed, B.W.A., Kaiser, F., Salerno, C.S., & deWeert, E. (2004). Een helpende
hand in studiekeuze land: Studiekeuze informatie producten vergeleken in enkele
Westerse hoger onderwijs systemen. International Higher Education Monitor Report.
Enschede: CHEPS, Universiteit Twente. (Translation: A helping hand in study choice land: Study
choice information products compared across several Western higher education systems).
Jongbloed, B.W.A., Salerno, C.S., & Huisman, J. (2004). Over vervagende
scheidslijnen en gelijke speelvelden: het private post-secundaire onderwijs in vijf
landen. Paper presented at the Education Research Days, Utrecht, 9-11 Juni 2004.
(Translation: On vanishing borders and level playing fields: private post-secondary education in five
countries)
Jongbloed, B.W.A., Salerno, C.S., & Huisman, J. (2004). Bekostigd en niet
bekostigd hoger onderwijs: Programma’s en klanten. Background report prepared for the
Advisory Council for Science and Technology in the Netherlands. (Translation: Funded and non funded
higher education: Programs and services)
Jongbloed, B. W. A. & Salerno, C.S. (2003). De bekostiging van het Universitaire
onderwijs en onderzoek in Nederland: modellen, thema's en trends. Enschede:
CHEPS, Universiteit Twente, 48 pp. (Translation: The funding of university education and research
in the Netherlands: Models, Themes and Trends)
Kaiser, F., Vossensteyn, J. J., Beerkens, H. J. J. G., Boezerooy, P., Huisman, J., Lub,
A., Maassen, P. A. M., Salerno, C.S. & Theisens, H. C. (2003). Higher education policy
issues and trends. An update on higher education policy issues in 11 Western
countries 2003. Enschede: CHEPS, Universiteit Twente, 92 pp.
Salerno, C.S. (2003). What we know about the efficiency of higher education
institutions: the best evidence. Beleidsgerichte studies Hoger onderw. & Wetensch. onderzoek,
99. Den Haag: Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, 65 pp. isbn.
9059101715.
Jongbloed, B. W. A., Salerno, C. & Kaiser, F. (2003) Kosten per student.
Methodologie, schattingen en een internationale vergelijking. Beleidsgerichte studies
Hoger onderw. & Wetensch. onderzoek, 100. Den Haag: Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en
Wetenschap, 138 pp. isbn. 905910191X. (Translation: Per student costs: Methodology, estimates
and an international comparison)
Salerno, C.S. (2002, October). Higher education in Sweden. Report prepared as part
of the CHEPS higher education monitor project.
Salerno, C.S., Huisman, J. & Goedegebuure, L.C.J. (2002). Multidisciplinary
research in the United States. Background report prepared for the Advisory Council for Science
and Technology in the Netherlands.
Jongbloed, B.W.A., Salerno, C.S. (2002). Funding and recognition: A comparative
study of funded versus non-funded higher education in eight countries.
Beleidsgerichte studies Hoger onderw. & Wetensch. onderzoek, 92. Den Haag: Ministerie van
Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, 100 pp. isbn. 9059102592.
Vossensteyn, J.J., Salerno, C.S. (2002, January). State subsidence in the field of
education: A commentary and international reflection to the proposal for a system
of state subsidence for education in the Russian Federation. Report prepared for the
Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
Doctoral Dissertation:
Salerno, C.S. (2002, March). On the technical and allocative efficiency of
research-intensive higher education institutions.
INVITED SPEAKING ENG AGEMENTS
Salerno, C.S. (2004, April). How to Achieve Greater Efficiency Within Higher
Education Institutions with Existing Resources. Plenary presentation given at the National
Union of Students in Europe’s conference on the future financing of higher education, Ljubjana, Slovenia.
Salerno, C.S. (2000, April). Assessing the Biogeochemical Research Initiative for
Education at the Pennsylvania State University. Presentation given at the National Science
Foundation’s Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Assessment Conference,
Arlington, Virginia.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Salerno, C.S. (2004, September). Funding higher education: Options and
dilemmas. Paper to be presented at the Council of Europe conference on public responsibility for higher
education and research, Strasbourg, France.
Salerno, C.S. (2003, September). On estimating costs in higher education:
Methodological considerations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Consortium of
Higher Education Researchers, Porto, Portugal.
Salerno, C.S. (2002, September). Public money for private providers: How select
countries use private providers to achieve public goals. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, Vienna, Austria.
Colbeck, C.L., Beach, A., Salerno, C.S., Gonzalez, R.G., Fingers, E., Prabhu, R.,
Bjorkland, S. (2000, November). Inducing at a distance: Multi-site qualitative
research teams. Focus dialogue presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of
Higher Education, Sacramento, California.
Salerno, C.S. (2000, November). An empirical investigation of the structural
components of institutional prestige. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association
for the Study of Higher Education, Sacramento, California.
Wortman, T.I., Salerno, C.S. (2000, November). International students: toward a
hierarchy of needs. Paper presented at the international forum at the annual meeting of the
Association for the Study of Higher Education, Sacramento, California.
Beach, A., Salerno, C. S., & Colbeck, C. L. (1999, April). How and why teachers
change: A case study of research university faculty. Paper presented at the annual meeting
of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
Colbeck, C. L., Salerno, C. S., & Moran, L. M. (1998, November). Mandated time:
Direct and indirect influences of a state faculty workload mandate. Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Miami, Florida.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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September 2001 – Present:
Senior Research Associate,
The Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS)
- Responsibilities include securing external funding for and conducting basic research
related to the economics of higher education. Additional responsibilities include
collaborating with other CHEPS colleagues on applied research projects for various
educational organizations and government ministries of education.
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August 1999 – May 2001:
Assessment coordinator,
The Biogeochemical Research Initiative for Education (BRIE)
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Responsible for developing and implementing the assessment design for a 5-year
National Science Foundation grant to study advanced interdisciplinary approaches to
graduate study in the physical sciences at Penn State.
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December 1999 – May 2001:
Director – BRIE Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program,
Supervised by Dr. Susan Brantley – BRIE Director
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Responsible for all logistical aspects of a nationally competitive summer fellowship
program. Specific duties included advertising, coordinating the efforts of review panel,
arranging various field trips, and organizing a research symposium for fellows to display
and discuss their summer research projects.
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May 1999 – August 1999:
Research Assistant,
Dr. Roger Geiger, Professor – Higher Education Program
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Assembled WebCASPAR database and performed statistical analysis for faculty
member’s research project, American universities in the marketplace in the 1990s.
Culminated in paper presented in June 1999 at the 12th annual conference of the
Consortium of Higher Education Researchers, Oslo, Norway.
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January 1998 – September 1999:
Research Assistant,
Dr. Carol Colbeck – Center for the Study of Higher Education
The Pennsylvania State University, USA
- Developed and implemented coding structure to analyze data for an OERI-funded
study on enhancing faculty contributions to learning productivity. Directed training of
graduate research assistants in NUD-IST qualitative analysis software program.
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSH IPS
Association for the Study of Higher Education
Consortium of Higher Education Researchers