Beth Akers

Beth Akers

Akers is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where her work focuses on the economics of higher education. Previously, she was a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a staff economist with the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush. Akers is the co-author of “Game of Loans” and the author of the forthcoming book “Making College Pay: An Economist Explains How to Make a Smart Bet on Higher Education.”