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Morton Schapiro

  • President, Northwestern University

Morton Schapiro is among the nation’s leading authorities of economics of higher education, with particular expertise in the area of college financing and affordability and on trends in educational costs and student aid. He is a Professor of Economics in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and holds appointments in Kellogg School of Management and School of Education and Social Policy.

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Don't Want a Robot to Replace You? Study Tolstoy.

Article By Lynn Parramore | Feb 20, 2018

Economist Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, and his colleague, literary critic and Slavic studies scholar Saul Morson, argue that—contrary to popular belief—studying the humanities is the key to not getting outsourced.