A growing body of evidence suggests that vocationally focused programs of study substantially improve high-school completion and longer-run economic success. However, the corresponding recommendations to expand vocational ...

The College Board sought to reduce barriers in the college application process by minimizing information aggregation costs, encouraging a broad application portfolio, and providing an impetus to start the search process. ...

Despite a range of federal programs designed to offset the cost of college, evidence shows that they have limited impact on the college attendance rate of even high-performing low- and middle-income students. The authors ...

The authors consider four distinct policy levers available to states for raising bachelor’s degree completion rates in the U.S. through their public colleges and universities. They simulate these policies using elasticities ...

Sixty-seven school finance reforms (SFRs) in 26 states have taken place since 1990; however, there is little empirical evidence on the heterogeneity of SFR effects. The authors provide a comprehensive description of how ...

For most of its history, America has been a nation of opportunity where even those born into the least well-off families can improve their circumstances. As income inequality continues to grow in the United States, however, ...

Most high-achieving, low-income students do not even apply to selective colleges despite being highly qualified for admission and success at these institutions. Because they do not apply, these students forgo the generous ...

As federal student loan debt has grown, policymakers have put forward a number of ideas designed to help struggling borrowers keep up with their monthly payments. The goal of this article is therefore to step back from the ...

A wide range of actors are taking notice that low-income students constitute less than 5 percent of the enrollment at the U.S most selective institutions, a percentage that, despite a great deal of effort and policy reform, ...

This multiple case study examines how higher education institutions utilize controlling images to establish guidelines of family engagement, including that of first-generation families, low-income families, and/or families ...