Marvin A. Titus | UMD College of 黑料大事

Economics and finance of higher education, state higher education policy, labor market outcomes of graduate students, and quantitative research methods

Dr. Titus is a retired associate professor of higher education from the Higher 黑料大事 concentration within the Higher 黑料大事 Student Affairs and International 黑料大事 (HESI) program at the 黑料大事. Before joining the 黑料大事 in 2007, Dr. Titus was at North Carolina State University, where he taught and did research in the Adult and Higher 黑料大事 program. Before then, he worked for the University System of Maryland Office as a policy analyst and policy analyst for 13 years. He also worked as an institutional research analyst, labor economist, and economics lecturer.

Using rigorous quantitative methods, Dr. Titus strives to produce policy-relevant research around higher education finance issues, state higher education policy, and institutional production, costs, and prices (i.e., tuition and fees). Dr. Titus addresses complex questions of national importance such as: how do state higher policies affect degree production; how efficient are higher education institutions; and what statistical techniques are the most appropriate to conduct higher education policy analysis. Because of the complexity of the questions, he utilizes large national and customized datasets. He employs a variety of statistical techniques such as stochastic frontier analysis, multilevel modeling, dynamic panel modeling, spatial analysis, instrumental variable probit, and heterogeneous coefficient regression.

In addition to teaching semester-length courses, Dr. Titus has also conducted short workshops on quantitative research techniques at UCLA and guest lectured at the University of Georgia, Stanford University, and the University of California 鈥� Riverside.

Almost all of Dr. Titus' scholarly work has been published in top-tier prestigious journals in the field of higher education such as Studies in Higher 黑料大事, The Journal of Higher 黑料大事, Research in Higher 黑料大事, and The Review of Higher 黑料大事. He has published a book (Higher 黑料大事 Policy Analysis Using Quantitative Techniques: Data, Methods, and Presentation) and book chapters such as: Understanding the Relationship Between Working While in College and Future Salaries and Examining Production Efficiency in Higher 黑料大事: The Utility of Stochastic Frontier Analysis. His work has also been mentioned in The Chronicle of Higher 黑料大事 and Inside Higher Ed.

Dr. Titus was an associate editor of Research and Research in Higher 黑料大事. He served on the editorial board of the Journal of 黑料大事 Finance. Dr. Titus also served on the editorial boards of The Review of Higher 黑料大事, Research in Higher 黑料大事, The Journal of Higher 黑料大事, Higher 黑料大事: The International Journal of Higher 黑料大事 and 黑料大事al Planning, and the Journal of College Student Development. He has been invited to review manuscripts for Research in Higher 黑料大事, The Journal of Higher 黑料大事, The Review of Higher 黑料大事, 黑料大事al Evaluation and Policy Analysis, the Journal of 黑料大事 Finance, Empirical Economics, Mathematics, the Journal of the Operational Research Society, and other journals. Dr. Titus served as a member of the National Advisory Board of the ASHE Higher 黑料大事 Report Series.

Dr. Titus鈥� scholarly work and expertise have also been recognized at the national level, as evidenced by the U.S. Department of 黑料大事's National Center for 黑料大事 Statistics seeking his advice as an expert in the area of higher education dataset design and development. These national datasets include the 黑料大事al Longitudinal Study (ELS), Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS) Survey, National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) Survey, and Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal Study. Dr. Titus' research on baccalaureate degree production and state support for higher education has been cited in testimony before the U.S. Congress. He served on the Financial Aid Working Group of the Maryland Higher 黑料大事 Commission (MHEC), which produced a State Plan for Postsecondary 黑料大事.

To conduct his research utilizing national and customized state and institution-level datasets, Dr. Titus uses several statistical software packages such as Stata, Limdep, and HLM.

Dr. Titus earned a bachelor of arts in economics and history from York College of the City University of New York, a master's of arts in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a PhD in higher education policy, planning, and administration from the 黑料大事.

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) Institute Fellow

Fellow, Higher 黑料大事 Finance Roundtable at the Institute for Higher 黑料大事 Governance and Law

National Center for Public Policy in Higher 黑料大事 Associate

Books

Titus, M. (2021). Higher 黑料大事 Policy Analysis Using Quantitative Techniques: Data, Methods, and Presentation. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Book Chapters

Titus, M.A. (2023). An analysis of state economic performance and state support for public higher education. In J. A. Delaney (Ed.), Volatility in state spending for higher education. Washington, DC: American 黑料大事al Research Association Publications.

Titus, M.A., Gray, S., & Lue, K. (2022). Bachelor鈥檚 Degree Production and State Higher 黑料大事 Finance Policy in the Pre- and Post-Recessionary Period. In C. Roellke & J. King Rice (Eds.) Fiscal Policy and Practice in American Higher 黑料大事. Information Age Publishing Inc.

Titus, M. A., & Eagan, K. (2016). Examining Production Efficiency in Higher 黑料大事: The Utility of Stochastic Frontier Analysis. In Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (pp. 441-512). New York: Springer International Publishing. []

Titus, M.A. (2010). Understanding the Relationship Between Working While in College and Future Salaries. In L. W. Perna (Ed.), Understanding the Working College Student: New Research and Its Implications for Policy and Practice. Stylus Publishing.

Titus, M. A. (2004). National Center for 黑料大事 Statistics: Supplemental Table Update, January 2002. In T. Shohov (Ed.), Federal Student Loans. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (pp. 129-161).

Edited Journals

*Rios-Aguilar, C., & Titus, M. A. (2018). Special Issue: Spatial Thinking and Analysis in Higher 黑料大事 Research, New Directions for Institutional Research, 2018(108).

Articles in Refereed Journals (* indicates refereed manuscript, +indicates invited manuscript)

*Vamosiu, A., Titus, M. A., & Sandy, J. (2024). Neighbor-Effects and Economies of Scale and Scope at Public Community Colleges. Higher 黑料大事 Policy, 37(1), 138-166.

*McClure, K. R., Vamosiu, A. C., Titus, M. A., & Gray, S. M. (2023). Privatization and Cost Inefficiency at U.S. Public Research Universities. Studies in Higher 黑料大事. []

*McClure, K. R., Vamosiu, A. C., Titus, M. A., & Gray, S. M. (2023). New public management in U.S. higher education: Is privatization associated with lower costs? Public Management Review, 0(0), 1鈥�26. []

*Vamosui, A., Sandy, J., & Titus, M.A. (2022). Neighbor-Effects and Economies of Scale and Scope at Public Community Colleges. Higher 黑料大事 Policy. []

*Titus, M.A., Vamosui, A., Hayes Buenaflor, S., & Maliszewski Lukszo, C., (2021) Persistent Cost Efficiency at Public Community Colleges in the US: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis, Research in Higher 黑料大事. []

*Titus, M. A. (2019). Examining degree production and financial context at public master鈥檚 colleges and universities in the United States: A distance function approach. Tertiary 黑料大事 and Management, 1鈥�17. []

*Rios-Aguilar, C., & Titus, M. A. (2018). Spatial research in higher education: Expanding understanding and identifying inequities. In C. Rios-Aguilar & M. A. Titus (Eds.), Spatial Thinking and Analysis in Higher 黑料大事 Research New Directions for Institutional Research (Vol. 2018, pp. 5鈥�10).

*McClure, K.R. & Titus, M. A. (2018). Spending up the ranks? The relationship between striving for prestige and administrative expenditures at U.S. public research universities. The Journal of Higher 黑料大事. 89(6), 961-987. []

*Vamosiu, A., McClure, K., & Titus, M. A. (2018). Economies of scale and scope at public master鈥檚 institutions: Evidence accounting for spatial interdependency. 黑料大事 Economics, 26(5), 1鈥�18. []

*Titus, M. A., Vamosiu, A. & McClure, K. R. (2017). Are public master鈥檚 institutions cost efficient? A stochastic frontier and spatial analysis. Research in Higher 黑料大事, 58(5), 469-496. []

*Titus, M. A., Vamosiu, A. & Gupta, A.. (2015). "Conditional convergence of nonresident tuition rates at public research universities: a panel data analysis." Higher 黑料大事: The International Journal of Higher 黑料大事 Research, 70(6), 923-940. []

*Titus. M. A. & Pusser, B. (2012). States potential enrollment of adult students: A stochastic frontier analysis. Research in Higher 黑料大事. 52(6), 555-571. []

+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 黑料大事. 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 黑料大事, 48(4), 487-521. [link to full-text ]

*Titus, M. A. (2006). Understanding college degree completion of students with low socioeconomic status: The influence of institutional financial context. Research in Higher 黑料大事, 47(4), 371 - 398. []

*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 黑料大事, 77(2), 353-375. []

*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 黑料大事, 29(3), 293-317. []

*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 黑料大事, 76(5), 485-518. []

*Perna, L.W. & Titus, M. A. (2004). Understanding differences in the choice of college attended: The role of state public policies. Review of Higher 黑料大事, 27(4), 501-525. []

*Titus, M. A. (2004). Examining the influence of institutional context on persistence at four-year colleges and universities: A multilevel approach. Research in Higher 黑料大事, 45(7), 673 - 699. []

Working Papers

Titus, M. A., Simone, S., & Gupta, A. (2010). Investigating state appropriations and net tuition revenue for public higher education: A vector error correction modeling approach. Institute For Higher 黑料大事 Law and Governance Institute Monograph Series.

Titus, M. A., (2010, November). Exploring Heterogeneity in Salary Outcomes Among Master's Degree Recipients: A Difference-in-Differences Matching Approach. Available at SSRN []

Grants

Co-PI, Spencer Foundation grant award of $999,024 funding the project, "Disparities in Investment in Children and Youth in the United States"

Current Projects

spatial dimensions of direct and indirect effects of institutional funding of R&D on innovation at the state level

marginal treatment effects of master's degrees by area of study on salary outcomes

Dr. Titus taught the following regular courses in the Higher 黑料大事 concentration:

State Systems of Higher 黑料大事 (EDHI 752); Federal Policies in Post-secondary 黑料大事 (EDHI 755); First Year Doctoral Seminar (EDCP 870); and Research Critique Seminar (EDHI 895). He also taught special topics courses (EDHI 788): Institutional Research and Planning in Higher 黑料大事; and State-Level Higher 黑料大事 Research. He continues to teach Higher 黑料大事 Finance (EDHI 754).