Podcast Jan 7, 2025

Unlocking Higher Education: Undergraduate Re-Enrollment and Graduate Student Lending

Tess Vigeland and Lesley Turner
Why do so many students leave college before completing their degree, and how can we help them return? Lesley Turner,...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Research Briefs·Aug 6, 2024

The Graduation Part II: Graduate School Graduation Rates

Jeffrey T. Denning and Lesley J. Turner
Graduation rates from graduate programs increased from 58% for students entering in 2003-04 to 68% for students entering in 2012-13,...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Podcast Jul 23, 2024

What Went Wrong With Federal Student Loans?

The United States is in the midst of a student loan crisis, with over 45 million borrowers owing more than...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Research Briefs·Jun 4, 2024

What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?

Constantine Yannelis and Adam Looney
The increase in aggregate student debt and the struggles of today’s borrowers can be traced to changes in federal policies...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Podcast May 14, 2024

Is College Worth It? Measuring the Returns to Higher Education

Tess Vigeland and Jack Mountjoy
College graduates earn more than those who didn’t attend college. Does this mean higher education boosts your income? Or, does...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Research Briefs·May 8, 2024

Marginal Returns to Public Universities

Jack Mountjoy
The typical marginally admitted university student completes an additional year of four-year education, is 12 percentage points more likely to...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Research Briefs·Apr 23, 2024

Early Predictors of Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice Involvement

Andrew Jordan, Ezra Karger, and Derek Neal
Detailed measures of early academic achievement and socioeconomic status are powerful predictors of future criminal justice involvement; however, while reforms...
Topics: Early Childhood Education, Economic Mobility & Poverty, Higher Education & Workforce Training
Research Briefs·Mar 20, 2024

Experimental Estimates of College Coaching on Postsecondary Re-enrollment

Lesley Turner and Oded Gurantz
Among former students who left college prior to earning a degree, eligibility to receive one-on-one college coaching does not increase...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training
Research Briefs·Feb 21, 2024

English Language Requirement and Educational Inequality: Evidence from 16 Million College Applicants in China

Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng, Kai Mu, and Shaoda Wang
The introduction of English listening tests in China’s National College Entrance Exam significantly lowered rural students’ exam scores, college access,...
Topics: Higher Education & Workforce Training