Sunny Niu

E-Mail: niu@princeton.edu

Research Associate. Ph.D., Economics of Education, Stanford University, 2002. Interests: issues in education and higher education, research design, employment, and income distribution and occupational choice.

Recent Activities

Sunny Xinchun Niu works closely with Marta Tienda
on the Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project.
During 2005, Niu primarily used a longitudinal survey
of Texas high school seniors of 2002 to evaluate the
how changes in college admission criteria influence
student college-going decision making, focusing on
differences by race/ethnicity and high school strata.

Recent Publications

Niu, S., Sullivan, T., and Tienda, M. Diversity by Design or
Default: Minority Students and the Top 10% Law. Presented
at the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of
America. Los Angeles, CA. March 30-April 1, 2006.

Niu, S.X., Tienda, M., and Cortes, K.E. College Selectivity
and the Texas Top 10% Law. Economics of Education
Review, 25:259-272. 2006.

Tienda, M., and Niu, S. Capitalizing on Segregation,
Pretending Neutrality: College Admissions and the Texas Top
10% Law. American Law and Economics Review. In press.

Tienda, M., and Niu, S.X. Flagships, Feeders, and the Texas
Top 10% Law: A Test of the Brain Drain Hypothesis.
Journal of Higher Education, 76(4):712-739. 2006.

Tienda, M., and Niu, S. Capitalizing on Segregation,
Pretending Neutrality: College Admissions and the Texas Top
10% Law. American Law and Economics Review. In press.

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