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Public Power, Private Debts: The Misuse of California’s Tax Intercept Power for Private Colleges
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Jiménez, D., Glater, J., Martin, A., Eaton, C. (2026). Public Power, Private Debts: The Misuse of California’s Tax Intercept Power for Private Colleges. The Yale Law Journal Forum.
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Elite embeddedness: the rise of financiers on university boards as parallel social organizations
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Eaton, C., Gibadullina, A. [equal authored] (2025). Elite embeddedness: the rise of financiers on university boards as parallel social organizations. Socio-Economic Review, 23(3), 1057-1089.
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White Flight in Public Higher Education? Racial Avoidance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions
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Hamilton, L., Eaton, C., Cheng, S. [equal authored] (2025). White Flight in Public Higher Education? Racial Avoidance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Sociology of Education, 98(4), 294-313.
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Komljenovic, J., Birch, K., Sellar, S., Bergviken Rensfeldt, A., Deville, J., Eaton, C., Gourlay, L., Hansen, M., Kerssens, N., Kovalainen, A., Nappert, P., Noteboom, J., Parcerisa, L., Pardo-Guerra, J., Poutanen, S., Robertson, S., Tyfield, D., Williamson, B. (2025). Digitalised higher education: key developments, questions, and concerns. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 46(2), 276-292.
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Administrative Burden in Federal Student Loan Repayment, and Socially Stratified Access to Income-Driven Repayment Plans
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Goldstein, A., Eaton, C., Villalobos, A., Chakrabarti, P., Cohen, J., Donnelly, K. (2023). Administrative Burden in Federal Student Loan Repayment, and Socially Stratified Access to Income-Driven Repayment Plans. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, 9(4), 86-110.
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Agile Predators: Private Equity and the Spread of Shareholder Value Strategies to U.S. For-Profit Colleges
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Eaton, C. (2022). Agile Predators: Private Equity and the Spread of Shareholder Value Strategies to U.S. For-Profit Colleges. Socio-Economic Review, 20(2), 791-815.
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Asymmetry by Design? Identity Obfuscation and Consumer Predation in U.S. For-Profit Higher Education
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Goldstein, A., Eaton, C. [equal authored] (2021). Asymmetry by Design? Identity Obfuscation and Consumer Predation in U.S. For-Profit Higher Education. American Sociological Review, 86(5), 896-933.
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When Investor Incentives and Consumer Interests Diverge: Private Equity in Higher Education
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Eaton, C., Howell, S., Yannelis, C. [equal authored] (2020). When Investor Incentives and Consumer Interests Diverge: Private Equity in Higher Education. Review of Financial Studies, 33(9), 4024-4060.
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The Organizational Ecology of College Affordability: Research Activity, State Grant Aid Policies, and Student Debt at U.S. Public Universities
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Eaton, C., Kulkarni, S., Birgeneau, R., Brady, H., Hout, M. (2019). The Organizational Ecology of College Affordability: Research Activity, State Grant Aid Policies, and Student Debt at U.S. Public Universities. Socius, 5, 1-19.
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Eaton, C. (2018). Debt Free College and Student Out-of-Pocket Costs: The Case of California. In Designing Financial Aid for California’s Future. Washington: The Institute for College Access & Success.
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The Ivory Tower Tax Haven: State and Financialization in the Rise of College Endowment Inequality, 1976-2012
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Eaton, C. (2017). The Ivory Tower Tax Haven: State and Financialization in the Rise of College Endowment Inequality, 1976-2012. Just Public Finance. The Haas Institute for Equity and Inclusion, UC Berkeley.
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Swapping Our Future: How Students and Taxpayers Are Funding Risky UC Borrowing and Wall Street Profits
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Eaton, C., Habinek, J., Kumar, M., Roehrkasse, A., Stover, T. L., Thompson, J. (2013). Swapping Our Future: How Students and Taxpayers Are Funding Risky UC Borrowing and Wall Street Profits. Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 57, 177-199.
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