Published Papers, Books, & Book Chapters
Best and Brightest? The Impact of Student Visa Restrictiveness on Who Attends College in the U.S. (with Mingyu Chen and Jonathan Smith). 2023. Labour Economics, vol. 84.
Educational Context Matters: The Development, Foundations, and Use of Consistent, Research-Based Environmental Information in College Admissions. (with Michael Hurwitz, Samuel Imlay, and Greg Perfetto) in College Admissions and Admissions Testing in a Time of Transformational Change, ed. Kurt Geisinger, 2023.
Admitting Students in Context: Field Experiments on Information Dashboard in College Admissions. (with Michael Bastedo, D’Wayne Bell, Julian Hsu, Michael Hurwitz, Greg Perfetto, and Meredith Welch). 2022. The Journal of Higher Education, 93:3, 327-374.
Can Standardizing Applicant High School and Neighborhood Information Diversify Selective Colleges? (with Zachary Mabel, Michael Hurwitz, and Greg Perfetto). 2022. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 44(3): 505-531.
College Enrollment and Retention in the Era of Covid: 2021 Update. (with Michael Hurwitz, Jennifer Ma, Matea Pender, Greg Perfetto, and Jeffrey Wyatt). College Board Research Report. October 2022.
The Impact of College Outreach on High Schoolers’ College Choices: Results from Over 1,000 ‘Experiments’ (with Michael Hurwitz and Jonathan Smith). Education, Finance & Policy, 2022, 17(1): 105-128.
College Enrollment and Retention in the Era of Covid. (with Michael Hurwitz, Jennifer Ma, Matea Pender, Greg Perfetto, Jeff Wyatt, and Linda Young). College Board Research Report. June 2021.
A National-Level Informational Experiment to Promote Enrollment in Selective Colleges. (with Oded Gurantz, Michael Hurwitz, Cassandra Larson, Matea Pender, and Brooke White). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2021, 40(2): 453-479.
Policies and Payoffs to Addressing America’s College Graduation Deficit? (with Chris Avery, Matea Pender, and Bruce Sacerdote). Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall 2019.
Competition Among Colleges for Students Across the Nation (with Jonathan I. Smith and Matea Pender), Southern Economic Journal, 2018, 84(3): 849-878.
Matching Students to Opportunity: Expanding College Choice, Access, and Quality (with Andrew Kelly and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj), Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2016.
Academic Match and Fit: What Can We Learn from Stated Preferences, Student Actions, and Collegiate Outcomes? (with Matea Pender and Amal Kumar), in Matching Students to Opportunity: Expanding college choice, access, and quality, eds. Andrew Kelly, Jessica S. Howell, and Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press, 2016.
The Costs and Benefits of Enrolling in an Academically Matched College (with Matea Pender), Economics of Education Review, 2016, 51: 152-168.
Improving Collegiate Outcomes at Broad Access Institutions (with Michal Kurlaender and Jacob Jackson), in Remaking College: The Changing Ecology of Higher Education, eds. Mitchell Stevens and Michael Kirst, Stanford University Press, 2015.
Screening Mechanisms and Student Responses in the College Market (with Jonathan I. Smith and Michael Hurwitz, and Jessica S. Howell, Economics of Education Review, 2015, 44: 17-28.
Student Age and the Collegiate Pathway(with Michael Hurwitz and Jonathan I. Smith), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2015, 34(1): 59-84.
College Course Scarcity and Time to Degree (with Michal Kurlaender, Jacob Jackson, and Eric Grodsky), Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41: 24-39.
The Maine Question: How is Four-Year College Enrollment Affected by Mandatory College Entrance Exams? (with Michael Hurwitz, Jonathan I. Smith, and Sunny Niu), Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014, 37(1): 138-159.
A Regression Discontinuity Approach to Identifying the Impact of High School Counselors on Student Outcomes (with Michael Hurwitz), The Journal of Counseling and Development, 2014, 93(3): 316-327.
Addressing Undermatch: Creating Opportunity and Social Mobility (with Alexandria W. Radford), in New Paths to Higher Education Diversity After Fisher v. University of Texas, ed. Richard Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation Press, 2014.
The Full Extent of Academic Undermatch, (with Jonathan I. Smith and Matea Pender), Economics of Education Review, 2013, 32: 247-261.
The Economics of Education: Applying Economic Theory and Empirical Tools to Public Policy, in International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, eds. Gail Hoyt and KimMarie McGoldrick, Edward Elgar Press, 2012.
What Influences Students’ Need for Remediation in College?Evidence from California, The Journal of Higher Education, 2011, 82(3): 292-318.
Postsecondary Preparation and Remediation:Examining the Effect of the Early Assessment Program at California State University (with Michal Kurlaender and Eric Grodsky), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2010, 29(4): 726-748.
Assessing the Impact of Eliminating Affirmative Action, Journal of Labor Economics, 2010, 28(1): 113-166.
The Educational Pipeline for Health Care Professionals: Understanding the Source of Racial Differences (with Ivora Hinton, Elizabeth Merwin, Steven Stern, Sarah Turner, Ishan Williams and Melvin Wilson), The Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45(1): 116-158.
Working Papers & Projects
Strategic Disclosure of Test Scores: Evidence from U.S. College Admissions. (with Brian McManus and Michael Hurwitz). EdWorkingPaper 23-843. Annenberg Institute, Brown University.
How Colleges’ Admissions Decisions Changed Under Widespread Test-Optional Admissions Policies. (with Michael Bastedo, Ashley Edwards, and Michael Hurwitz). In Progress.
Updated Evidence on the Continued Effects of Test-Optional Admissions. (with Michael Hurwitz, Samuel Imlay, Parker Goyer, and Greg Perfetto). Admissions Research Consortium Brief. Forthcoming 2025.
Job Satisfaction and Retention Among High School Teachers in the United States. (with Maureen Ewing, Katie Fletcher, Amanda Jacklin, and Laura Ovcjak). On-going project.
Environmental Context in Law School Admissions. (with Elizabeth Bodamer, Parker Goyer, Michael Hurwitz, Samuel Imlay, Greg Perfetto, and Annie Russian). In progress; project description.
Ready or Not? California’s Early Assessment Program and the Transition to College (with Michal Kurlaender, Eric Grodsky, and Jacob Jackson). EdWorkingPaper No. 19-116, Annenberg Institute, Brown University.
Research & Policy Briefs
New Evidence on Recent Changes in College Applications, Admissions, and Enrollments: Focus on the Fall 2022 Admissions Cycle. (with Michael Hurwitz, Samuel Imlay, Parker Goyer, and Greg Perfetto). Admissions Research Consortium Brief. May 2023.
College Outcomes Following Pandemic-Induced Changes in College Admissions Policies: Focus on 2021-22 First-Year Outcomes. (with Ashley Edwards, Parker Goyer, Michael Hurwitz, Samual Imlay, and Greg Perfetto). Admissions Research Consortium Brief. April 2023.
New Evidence on Recent Changes in College Applications, Admissions, and Enrollments: Focus on the Fall 2021 Admissions Cycle. (with Michael Hurwitz, Samuel Imlay, and Greg Perfetto). Admissions Research Consortium Brief. College Board. July 2022.
Participation in the Student Search Service is Associated with Higher College Enrollment and Completion Rates. (with Michael Hurwitz, Zack Mabel, and Jonathan Smith). College Board. April 2021.
College Outreach and Student Outcomes (with Michael Hurwitz and Jonathan Smith). College Board. August 2018.
A Review of the Role of College Applications on Students’ Postsecondary Outcomes (with Christopher Avery and Lindsay Page), College Board. November 2014.
A Review of the Role of College Counseling, Coaching, and Mentoring on Students’ Postsecondary Outcomes (with Christopher Avery and Lindsay Page), College Board. November 2014.
Measuring the Impact of High School Counselors on College Enrollment (with Michael Hurwitz), College Board. April 2013.
A Review of the Causes and Consequences of Students' Postsecondary Choices (with Jonathan I. Smith, Matea Pender, and Michael Hurwitz), College Board. October 2012.
College Choice: Informing Students' Trade-offs Between Institutional Price and College Completion (with Matea Pender, Michael Hurwitz, and Jonathan I. Smith), College Board. October 2012.
The Role of High Schools in Students' Postsecondary Choices(with Michael Hurwitz, Jonathan I. Smith, and Matea Pender), College Board. October 2012.
Collegiate Remediation: A Review of Causes and Consequences (with Michal Kurlaender), College Board. September 2012.
K-12 Postsecondary Alignment and School Accountability: Investigating High School Responses to California's Early Assessment Program (with Michal Kurlaender and Jacob Jackson), College Board. September 2012.
Getting Into College: Postsecondary Academic Undermatch (with Jonathan I. Smith, Matea Pender, and Michael Hurwitz), College Board. May 2012.
Getting Into College: A Cross-Cohort Examination of College Preparations by Lower-SES Students (with Jonathan I. Smith), College Board. October 2011.