This paper reviews recent evidence on the labor market returns to credit accumulation,
certificates, and associate degrees from community colleges. Evidence is collated from …

This paper reviews the literature on affirmative action in undergraduate education and law
schools, focusing especially on the trade-off between institutional quality and the fit between …

This article examines the labor market payoffs to different types of postsecondary education,
including field and institution of study. Instrumental variables (IV) estimation of the payoff to …

Two-year community colleges enroll nearly half of all first-time undergraduates in the United
States, but to ambiguous effect: low persistence rates and the potential for diverting students …

We analyze a Massachusetts merit aid program that gives high-scoring students tuition
waivers at in-state public colleges with lower graduation rates than available alternative …

We estimate effects of the Pell Grant—the largest US federal grant for college students—
using administrative data from Texas public colleges and a discontinuity in grant generosity …

Career technical education (CTE) programs at community colleges are increasingly seen as
an attractive alternative to four-year colleges, yet little systematic evidence exists on the …

We use the introduction of the Texas Top Ten Percent rule to estimate the effect of access to
a selective college on graduation and earnings outcomes for two groups of students. For …

Early research on the returns to higher education treated the postsecondary system as a
monolith. In reality, postsecondary education in the United States and around the world is …

I study the efficacy of test-based meritocracy in college admissions by evaluating the impact
of a grade-based" top percent''policy implemented by the University of California. Eligibility …