Research and Policy Briefs

Gerson, Kelcie, Kathy Michelmore, Nathan Sotherland, Kevin Stange, and Marissa Thompson. 2025. Michigan’s Tuition Incentive Program: An Initial Look at Take-up. EPI Policy Brief.

Conzelmann, Johnathan G., Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Andrew Simon, and Kevin M. Stange. 2024. "How Higher Education Responds to Labor Market Demand." Policy and Research Brief. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/pb2024-71

Conzelmann, Johnathan G., Steven W. Hemelt, Brad Hershbein, Shawn Martin, Andrew Simon, and Kevin M. Stange. 2023. "New Data Show How Far Graduates Move from Their College, and Why It Matters." Policy and Research Brief. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/pb2023-64

Jacob, B. and K. Stange, 2024. Getting free college right. Opinion. Bridge Michigan. February 8, 2024.

Sotherland, N., Stange, K., and Matsudaira, J. 2023. New Measures of Postsecondary Education Transfer Performance: Transfer-out rates for community colleges, transfer student graduation rates at four-year colleges, and the institutional dyads contributing to transfer student success. US Department of Education, Office of the Chief Economist blog. November 9, 2023.

October 2022: College majors affect more than just average earnings (with Andrews, Imberman, Lovenheim)

February 2022: Major Differences: Why some degrees cost colleges more than others (with Hemelt, Furquim, Simon, Sawyer)

September 2021: The Pandemic's Effect on Demand for Public Schools, Homeschooling, and Private Schools (with Musaddi, Bacher-Hicks, Goodman)

August 2020: Applications for Financial Aid Lagging Among Low-Income Students in Michigan (with Sanchez Zavala, Solanki, Brown) [Coverage in Free Press ]

July 2020: Why the move to online instruction won’t reduce college costs (with Hemelt)