Books
Titus, M.A. (forthcoming). Higher Education Policy Analysis Using Quantitative Techniques.
Book Chapters
Titus, M.A., Gray, S., & Lue, K. (in press). Bachelor’s Degree Production and State Higher Education Finance Policy in the Pre- and Post-Recessionary Period. In C. Roellke & J. King Rice (Eds.) Fiscal Policy and Practice in American Higher Education. Information Age Publishing Inc.
Titus, M. A., & Eagan, K. (2016). Examining Production Efficiency in Higher Education: The Utility of Stochastic Frontier Analysis. In Higher education: Handbook of theory and research (pp. 441-512). New York: Springer International Publishing.
Titus, M.A. (2010). Understanding the Relationship Between Working While in College and Future Salaries. In L. W. Perna (Ed.), Understanding the Working College Student: New Research and Its Implications for Policy and Practice. Stylus Publishing.
Titus, M. A. (2004). National Center for Education Statistics: Supplemental Table Update, January, 2002. In T. Shohov (Ed.), Federal Student Loans. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (pp. 129-161).
Edited Journals
*Rios-Aguilar, C., & Titus, M. A. (2018). Special Issue: Spatial Thinking and Analysis in Higher Education Research, New Directions for Institutional Research, 2018(108).
Articles in Refereed Journals (* indicates refereed manuscript, +indicates invited manuscript)
*Titus, M. A. (2019). Examining degree production and financial context at public master’s colleges and universities in the United States: A distance function approach. Tertiary Education and Management, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11233-019-09049-6
*Rios-Aguilar, C., & Titus, M. A. (2018). Spatial research in higher education: Expanding understanding and identifying inequities. In C. Rios-Aguilar & M. A. Titus (Eds.), Spatial Thinking and Analysis in Higher Education Research New Directions for Institutional Research (Vol. 2018, pp. 5–10).
*McClure, K.R. & Titus, M. A. (2018). Spending up the ranks? The relationship between striving for prestige and administrative expenditures at U.S. public research universities. The Journal of Higher Education. 89(6), 961-987.
*Vamosiu, A., McClure, K., & Titus, M. A. (2018). Economies of scale and scope at public master’s institutions: Evidence accounting for spatial interdependency. Education Economics, 26(5), 1–18.
*Titus, M. A., Vamosiu, A. & McClure, K. R. (2017). Are public master’s institutions cost efficient? A stochastic frontier and spatial analysis. Research in Higher Education, 58(5), 469-496.
*Titus, M. A., Vamosiu, A. & Gupta, A.. (2015). "Conditional convergence of nonresident tuition rates at public research universities: a panel data analysis." Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 70(6), 923-940.
*Titus. M. A. & Pusser, B. (2012). States potential enrollment of adult students: A stochastic frontier analysis. Research in Higher Education. 52(6), 555-571.
+Titus, M. A. (2009-2010). Bachelor's degree productivity x-inefficiency: The role of state higher education policy. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice, 11(1), 7-32.
*Titus, M. A. (2009). The production of bachelor's degrees and financial aspects of state higher education policy: A dynamic analysis. The Journal of Higher Education. 80(4), 439-468.
*Titus, M. A. (2007). Detecting selection bias, using propensity score matching, and estimating treatment effects: An application to the private returns to a master's degree, Research in Higher Education, 48(4), 487-521.
*Titus, M. A. (2006). Understanding college degree completion of students with low socioeconomic status: The influence of institutional financial context. Research in Higher Education, 47(4), 371 - 398.
*Titus, M. A. (2006). Understanding the influence of the financial context of institutions on student persistence at four-year colleges and universities, The Journal of Higher Education, 77(2), 353-375.
*Titus, M. A. (2006). No college student left behind: The influence of financial aspects of a state's higher education policy on college completion, The Review of Higher Education, 29(3), 293-317.
*Perna, L.W. & Titus, M. A. (2005). The relationship between parental involvement as social capital and college enrollment: An examination of racial/ethnic group differences. Journal of Higher Education, 76(5), 485-518.
*Perna, L.W. & Titus, M. A. (2004). Understanding differences in the choice of college attended: The role of state public policies. Review of Higher Education, 27(4), 501-525.
*Titus, M. A. (2004). Examining the influence of institutional context on persistence at four-year colleges and universities: A multilevel approach. Research in Higher Education, 45(7), 673 - 699.
Manuscripts submitted for publication consideration
Titus, M.A., (under review for a book). Higher Education Policy Analysis Using Quantitative Techniques: Data, Methods, and Presentation.
Titus, M.A., Vamosiu, A, Hayes, S., & Maliszewski Lukszo, C. (under review for a journal article) Persistent cost efficiency at public community colleges in the US: A stochastic frontier analysis.
Titus, M.A.., McClure, K., Vamosui, & Gray, S. (under review for a journal article). Privatization and cost inefficiency at public research universities.
Working Papers
Titus, M. A., Simone, S., & Gupta, A. (2010). Investigating state appropriations and net tuition revenue for public higher education: A vector error correction modeling approach. Institute For Higher Education Law and Governance Institute Monograph Series.
Titus, M. A., (2010, November). Exploring Heterogeneity in Salary Outcomes Among Master's Degree Recipients: A Difference-in-Differences Matching Approach. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1716049