Areas of Expertise: Professional Associations

September, 2014 CURRICULUM VITAE

Kevin N. Rask

Office: Home: Department of Economics and Business 1210 Wood Avenue Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO 80903 14 E Cache La Poudre St Cell: 719.373.7090 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Office: 719.389.6446 Fax: 719.389.6927 Email: [email protected] PERSONAL INFORMATION: Areas of Expertise: Professional Associations: Economics of Education American Economic Association Quantitative Methods Resource and Environmental Economics

Education: 1988-1991 Duke University, Durham, NC. Ph.D. in Economics, Dissertation entitled: “The Social Costs of Production and the Structure of Technology in the Brazilian Ethanol Industry: A Cost-Benefit Analysis and an Infant Industry Evaluation, 1978-1987.” Advisor: Anne O. Krueger

1986-1988 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. M.A. in Economics

1982-1986 Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania. B.A. in Economics UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE: Colorado College, Professor 2011-, teaching Economics of Higher Education & Applied Econometrics

Wake Forest University, Professor 2007-2011, teaching Economics of Higher Education, Applied Econometrics, and Data Analysis

Colgate University, Professor 2004-2007, Associate Professor, 1997-2004, Assistant Professor, 1991-1996, teaching Introductory Economics, First-Year Seminar in World Resources/Geography/Agriculture, Statistics for Economics, Applied Econometrics, Resource and Environmental Economics, Senior Seminar in World Resource and Agricultural Policy, and a Senior Seminar in Environmental and Resource Economics.

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Campus “Luiz de Queiroz” (USP/ESALQ), Visiting Scholar, January-May 1995, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.

Birkbeck College, Visiting Scholar, January-May 1999, Clore Management Center, London, UK. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Publications:

- 1 - Potuto, J., W. Lyons and K.N. Rask (2014) “WHAT'S IN A NAME? The Collegiate Mark, The Collegiate Model, and the Treatment of Student-Athletes”, Oregon Law Review.

Griffith, A. and K.N. Rask (2014) “Peer Effects in Higher Education: A Look at Heterogeneous Impacts”, Economics of Education Review, Vol. 39, pp. 65-77, April.

Rask, Kevin N (2014) “Coach Influence on Player Development”, Winthrop Intelligence Article, http://winthropintelligence.com/2014/01/02/coach-influence-player-development/ .

Rask, Kevin N. and Jill Tiefenthaler (2012) “The SAT as a Predictor of Success at a Liberal Arts College” (Chapter 7) in Joseph A. Soares, ed., SAT Wars: The Case for Test Optional Admissions, New York, NY: Teachers College Press, Columbia University, pp. 118-126.

Rask, K.N. (2010) “Attrition in STEM Fields at a Liberal Arts College: The Importance of Grades and Pre- Collegiate Preferences” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 29, pp. 892-900.

Rask, K.N. and J. M. Tiefenthaler (2008) “The Role of Grade Sensitivity in Explaining the Gender Imbalance in Undergraduate Economics” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 27, No.6, pp.676-687.

Griffith, A. and K.N Rask (2007) “The Influence of the U.S. News and World Report Collegiate Rankings on the Matriculation Decision of High-Ability Students: 1995-2005”, Economics of Education Review, Vol.26, No.2, pp.244-255.

Rask, K.J. and K.N. Rask (2005) “Delivering Public Health Care Services: Substitutes, Complements, or Both?” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol.23, No. 1, January, pp.28-39.

Rask, K.N. (2004) “Clean Air Policy and Oxygenated Fuels: Do We Get What We Pay For?” Energy Economics, Vol.26, No.1, January, pp161-177.

Rask, K.N. (2004) “Ethanol Subsidies and the Highway Trust Fund” Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol. 38, Part 1, January, pp. 29-43.

Rask, K.N and E. Bailey (2002) “Are Faculty Role Models? Evidence from Major Choice in an Undergraduate Institution.” Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 99-124.

Rask, K.N. and K.J. Rask (2000) “Public Insurance Substituting for Private Insurance: New Evidence Regarding Public Hospitals, Uncompensated Care Funds, and Medicaid.” Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 19, pp. 1-31.

Rask, K.N. (1998) “Clean Air and Renewable Fuels: The Market for Fuel Ethanol in the U.S. from 1984-1993.” Energy Economics, Vol. 20, pp. 325-345.

Rask, K.N. (1995) “The Structure of Technology in Brazilian Sugarcane Production, 1975-1987: A Modified Symmetric Generalized McFadden Cost Function.” Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 10 No.3, August, pp. 221-232.

Rask, K.N. (1995) “The Social Costs of Producing Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil: Evidence from 1978-1987”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 43, No. 3, April, pp. 627-649.

Rask, K.J. and K. N. Rask (1994) “The Pivotal Role Services in Transitional Economies: Lessons from the West”, Economics of Transition, Vol. 2, No. 4, December, pp. 467-486.

- 2 - Rask, K.J. and K. N. Rask (1994) “The Central Role of Services in Economic Development: Externalities, Growth, and Public Policy,” Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 19, No. 2, December, pp. 139-158.

Rask, K.N. (1994) “Evidence of the Empirical Relevance of the Infant Industry Argument for the Protection of Brazilian Ethanol Production”, Agricultural Economics, Vol. 10, No. 3, May, pp. 245-256.

Rask, N., K.N. Rask, and J.M. Tiefenthaler (1993) “U.S. Ethanol Policy in the Clean-Air Free-Trade Era”, Choices, Q1, pp. 18-21. Papers Currently Under REview or iN pROGRESS: “The Effects of Institutional Expenditures on Employment Outcomes and Wages” (with Amanda Griffith)

“The Influence of College Basketball Coaches on Making an NBA Roster”

“The Values of a Selective Liberal Arts Education” (with Amanda Griffith)

RESEARCH GRANTS Held: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR for $100,827 National Science Foundation award SBR-9223665 entitled “The U.S. Alternative Fuel Market: Supply, Demand, Trade, and Policy Structures.” 4.93-8.95.

CO-INVESTIGATOR for $78,476 NIH/Agency for Health Care Policy and Research small grants program award. An 18 month award entitled “Public Hospitals and Access to Medical Care.” 1.94-6.95.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR for $9,659 Colgate University Research Council Picker Fellowship Award for field work in Brazil. Project entitled “The Economics of Global Warming, Clean Air, and Alternative Fuels: Brazil’s Potential Contribution to Western Hemisphere Ethanol Supply, Demand, and Trade,” 2.1.95-4.1.95. CONSULTING EXPERIENCE: 2010-Present Retained by Art and Science Group LLC to model admissions and financial aid for law schools, undergraduate institutions, and public graduate degree granting institutions.

2009-2012 Retained by Dr. Ken Belanger, Colgate University, to undertake assessment of 4 year HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program grant.

2007-2011: Developed and Implemented admissions and financial aid yield models for the Office of Admissions, Wake Forest University.

2007, 2008, 2009 Retained by Dr. Ron Ehrenberg, Cornell University as consultant to Sloan Foundation grant entitled “Why is Persistence so Low in STEM Fields?” July 2007 - July 2009.

2000 – 2013: Developed and Implemented admissions and financial aid yield models for the Office of Admissions, Colgate University.

2004, 2006, 2009 Retained by the Colgate University Office of Advancement to develop models of alumni giving and participation in preparation for capital campaign.

2005 Directed 7 undergraduate Presidential Scholars in institutional research projects including: Econometric Analysis of Alumni Giving, The Real Influences of the USNWR Collegiate Ranking Components, The Determinants of College GPA: The Importance of Activities and Athletics, The Importance of Subjective Assessments in College Matriculation Choice: An Analysis Using the ASQ,, Peer Effects at an Undergraduate Institution.

2004 Retained by ExxonMobil to undertake an analysis of the U.S. ethanol market with a specific focus on the transport sector and its relation to ethanol demand in the face of clean air regulations.

- 3 - 2000/2001 Consultant to the Iowa Corn Growers Association and Iowa Farm Bureau. Directing project to model gasoline and ethanol markets for the state of Iowa.

2002, 2001, 2000 Consultant to Harley-Davidson. Primary responsibility was to estimate and build predictive market models that form the basis for internal long-range planning.

1993-1994 Consultant to Emory University on an Emory University Medical Foundation grant awarded to study the impact of public hospitals on insurance choice and facility utilization.

1991 Retained by Marathon Oil Company as an expert witness to undertake an analysis of the U.S. ethanol market and its links to the agricultural and retail fuel markets.

1989-1990 Retained as a consultant on a grant from the Government of Taiwan. The project entailed the collection, modeling, and econometric investigation of the structure of technology in 21 U.S. service industries and 5 Taiwanese service industries. Conference PAPERS and seminars: ‘The SAT as a Predictor of College Success: Evidence from a Selective University” Presented at Appalachian State University, Department of Economics, November 2009.

‘The SAT as a Predictor of College Success: Evidence from a Selective University” Presented at the Rethinking Admissions Conference at Wake Forest University, April 2009.

‘The Gender Imbalance in Undergraduate Economics’ paper presented at Wake Forest University, Department of Economics, April 20th, 2007.

‘Too Few Women? –Or Too Many Men? The Gender Imbalance in Economics’ paper presented at Williams College, Department of Economics, October 22, 2004.

‘The Gender Imbalance in Economics: Too Few Women? –or Too Many Men?’ paper presented at the New York State Economics Association annual meetings, Ithaca, NY, October 9, 2004.

‘The Environmental Effects of the Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990’ paper presented at the New York State Economics Association annual meetings, Ithaca, NY, October 9, 2004.

‘The Gender Imbalance in Economics: Too Few Women? –or Too Many Men?’ paper presented at the Southern Economic Association annual meetings, San Antonio, TX, November 22, 2003.

‘The Environmental Effectiveness of Oxygenated Fuels and Reformulated Gasoline: New Evidence from California’s Emissions Testing Program’ paper presented at the Southern Economic Association annual meetings, New Orleans, LA., November 22, 1999.

‘Public Hospitals: Who Gets Crowded Out and Who is Left Out?’ paper presented at the Southern Economic Association annual meetings, New Orleans, LA., November 21, 1999.

'Clean Air Policy and Oxygenated Fuels: Do We Get What We Pay For?' paper presented to the faculty of the Department of Management, Birkbeck College, London, UK, March, 1999.

“Clean Air Policy and Alternative Fuels: Do We Get What We Pay For?,” paper presented at the American Economic Association annual meetings, San Francisco, CA, January 6, 1996.

- 4 - “Do Public Hospitals Affect Private Insurance Choice,” paper presented at the Southern Economic Association annual meetings, New Orleans, LA, November 20, 1995.

“Clean Air Policy and Alternative Fuels: Do We Get What We Pay For?,” paper presented at the Southern Economic Association annual meetings, New Orleans, LA, November 19, 1995.

“Are We Role Models? Major Choice in an Undergraduate Institution,” paper presented at the Colgate-Hamilton seminar series, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, November 10, 1995.

“The Social Costs of Ethanol Production in the North of Brazil,” seminar presented at the Federal University of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil, April 7, 1995.

“Clean Air and Ethanol Fuel Markets in the Western Hemisphere,” seminar presented at ESALQ campus of the University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, March 14, 1995.

“Clean Air and Renewable Fuels: Selectivity and Policy in the Market for Fuel Ethanol in the U.S. from 1984- 1993,” paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association annual meetings, San Diego, CA, August 7-10, 1994.

“U.S. Population Trends and Their Implications for the Future of Alternative Fuel Use,” presentation at the Population Association of American Annual Meetings, Miami, FL, May 4-7, 1994.

“The Market for Fuel Ethanol in the U.S.: Supply and Demand 1984:1 - 1993:5,” paper presented at the Xth International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels, Colorado Springs, CO, November 7-10, 1993.

“Ethanol Supply and Policy for the Western Hemisphere,” paper presented at the Xth International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels, Colorado Springs, CO, November 7-10, 1993, Joint with Norman Rask.

“The Economic Characteristics of the U.S. Fuel Ethanol Market,” paper presented at the 1st Biomass Conference of the Americas, Burlington, VT, August 30-September 2, 1993.

“International Fuel Ethanol Policy in a Free-Trade Clean-Air Era,” presented at the 7th European Conference on Energy and Environment, Agriculture and Industry, Florence, Italy, Oct. 5-9, 1992. Joint with Norman Rask and Jill Tiefenthaler.

“The Economic Efficiency of a Decade of Ethanol Production in Brazil,” paper presented at the IX International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels, Firenze, Italy, Nov. 12-15, 1991. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Manuscript/Grant Reviewer: National Science Foundation, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Health Economics, Agricultural Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Energy Economics, Journal of Economic Education, Economics of Education Review, Energy Journal, Education Economics, Contemporary Economic Policy.

Discussant/Session Chair: 1994, 1995, 1997, and 1999, 2003 Southern Economic Association Meetings, Spring 1998 and Spring 1999 International Atlantic Economic Association Meetings