Journal Articles
2024. Six years later: Examining the Academic and Employment Outcomes of the Original and Reinstated Summer Pell. Lead author, with Jordan Matsudaira and Rachel Zhou. Education Finance and Policy. (Also CCRC Working paper 132).
2024. Combating Summer Melt: The Impact of Near-Peer Mentor Matriculation Program in New York City. Lead author, with Alexandra Haralampoudis and Isabel Polon. Research in Higher Education.
2022. Does Taking a Few Courses at a Community College Improve the Baccalaureate, STEM, and Labor Market Outcomes of Four-Year College Students? Review of Higher Education.
2021. The road less traveled: The academic and labor market consequences of reverse transfer. Review of Higher Education.
2021. Happy together? The peer effects of dual enrollment students on community college students. Lead author, with Di Xu. American Educational Research Journal.
2020. Major decision: the impact of major switching on academic outcomes. Lead author, with Soumya Mishra and Elizabeth Kopko. Research in Higher Education.
2020. Is School Out for the Summer? The Impact of Year-round Pell Grants on Academic and Employment Outcomes. Education Finance and Policy, 15(2), 241-269..
2019. The Labor Market Returns to For-Profit Higher Education: Evidence for Transfer Students (lead author, with Clive Belfield). Community College Review, 48(2), 133-155.
2015. The Medium-term Labor Market Return to Community College Award: Evidence From North Carolina (lead author, with Clive Belfield and Madeline Trimble). Economics of Education Review, 44, 42-55.
Papers Under Review
The Impact of Dual Enrollment on College Selection and Early College Outcomes. (Lead author, with Di Xu, and Veronica Minaya. Funded by the Gates Foundation). Invited to revise and resubmit at Journal of Higher Education.
The More the Merrier? The Dosage Effect of Dual Enrollment Credits Earned in High School on Early College Outcomes. (Lead author, with Birunda Chelliah, Hayden Ju, and Chris Viera). Under revision at Research in Higher Education.
Research Brief and Other Publications
2017. Timing matters: Examining the effect of college enrollment delay on labor market trajectories. (Co- author, with Yuxin Lin). CCRC Working Paper. Presented at the AEFP March 2018 Conference. Under reviewed.
2016. Goodbye to Summer Vacation? The effect of summer enrollment on college outcomes. A CAPSEE Working Paper.
2016. Is Transferring to Two-year Colleges a good option for struggling four-year students? The EvoLLLution, July 21, 2016.
2014. Evaluating For-Profit Higher Education: Evidence from the Education Longitudinal Study (lead author, with Clive Belfield). A CAPSEE Working Paper.
2015. The Labor Market Returns to Math Courses in Community College (with Clive Belfield). A CAPSEE Working Paper.
Work in Progress
Two Paths to Academic Excellence: the Impact of Dual Enrollment and Advanced Placement on College Enrollment Outcomes. (Lead author, with Di Xu, Tolani Briton, and Rachel Zhou)
Unlocking the Potential: Analyzing Participation and Success Gaps in Dual Enrollment and Advanced Placement Programs in New York City. (Co-author, with Rachel Zhou, Tolani Britton, and Nayeon Yoo).