Higher Education Finance

Eduard Nilaj

Data Science Research Associate

Eduard Nilaj is Data Science Research Associate working on JFI’s Higher Education Finance team. Eddie is currently completing his Ph.D. in economics at The New School for Social Research. His research examines the relationship between increased concentration and the weakening link between profitability and investment. In particular, he is interested in investigating the institutional conditions and policy choices that have resulted in a maldistribution of resources and have posed immense challenges to economic growth.

Related Publication Series

Millennial Student Debt

The Millennial Student Debt (MSD) series unites credit bureau, Census, and IPEDS data to scrutinize changes in higher education policy across the US and US territories. Posts in the series focus on, among other topics, higher education access and school concentration; the impact of the Great Recession; the growth of non-repayment; and student debt trends over the last ten years, breaking down the data by location and demographic. The maps and reports allow a detailed view of the hardships of student debt, at both the granular level of ZIP codes, and at the highest level, the country as a whole.

Related Initiatves

Financing the Energy Transition

Higher Education Finance

Publications