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How has COVID-19 impacted FAFSA submissions?
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-07-01)
COVID has led colleges to brace for potential enrollment declines in the Fall, which would devastate budgets and potentially decrease the likelihood a student ever earns a degree. We take an early look at California’s FAFSA ...
Why Have College Completion Rates Increased?
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-07-01)
College completion rates declined from the 1970s to the 1990s. We document that this trend has reversed--since the 1990s, college completion rates have increased. The authors investigate the reasons for the increase in ...
Incentivizing Equity? The Effects of Performance-Based Funding on Race-Based Gaps in College Completion
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-08-01)
Performance-based funding models for higher education, which tie state support for institutions to performance on student outcomes, have proliferated in recent decades. Some states have designed these policies to also ...
The Effects of Educational Supports for the "Missing One-Offs" in Vocational High Schools
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-07-01)
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 ...
Taking It to the Limit: Effects of Increased Student Loan Availability on Attainment, Earnings, and Financial Well-Being
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-08-01)
Growing reliance on student loans and repayment difficulties have raised concerns of a student debt crisis in the United States. However, little is known about the effects of student borrowing on human capital and long-run ...
Immigrant Integration in the United States: The Role of Adult English Language Training
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-09-01)
While current debates center on whether and how to admit immigrants to the United States, little attention has been paid to interventions designed to help immigrants integrate after they arrive. Public adult education ...
Examining STEM Performance within a Comprehensive College Transition Program
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-09-01)
In this paper the authors examine the impact of the Thompson Scholars Learning Community (TSLC), a comprehensive college transition program serving students with a variety of majors, on students’ science, technology, ...
Disproportionate Burden: Estimating the Cost of FAFSA Verification for Public Colleges and Universities
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-08-01)
Verification is a federally mandated process that requires selected students to further attest that the information reported on their FAFSA is accurate and complete. In this brief, we estimate institutional costs of ...
Examining the Relationship between Psychosocial and Academic Outcomes in Higher Education: A Descriptive Analysis
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-09-01)
This paper estimates the relationship between students’ psychosocial and academic outcomes during their first three years enrolled at public, four-year institutions. Our sample is comprised of students from low-income ...
Who Should Re-enroll in College? The Academic and Labor Market Profile of Adults with Substantial College Credits But No Degree
(Annenberg Institute at Brown University, 2020-06-01)
Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, and a sizable share of these job losses may be permanent. Unemployment rates are particularly high among adults ...