Rising college enrollment over the last quarter century has not been met with a proportional
increase in college completion. Comparing the high school classes of 1972 and 1992, we …

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 …

This paper investigates whether demand-side market pressure explains colleges' decisions
to provide consumption amenities to their students. Using a discrete choice model of college …

Time to completion of the baccalaureate degree has increased markedly in the United
States over the past three decades. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of the …

We examine how students of varying abilities sort (and are sorted) into colleges of varying
qualities. Our data indicate substantial amounts of both academic undermatch (high-ability …

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How IncreasIng college access Is IncreasIng InequalIty, and wHat to do about It Anthony P …

This paper examines the effects of community college tuition on college enrollment. I exploit
quasi-experimental variation from discounts for community college tuition in Texas that were …

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 …

We use NLSY97 data to examine how home price variation affects the quality of
postsecondary schools students attend. We find a 10,000increaseinhousingwealthincreasesthelikeli …

Most public colleges and universities rely heavily on state financial support. As state budgets
have tightened in recent decades, appropriations for higher education have declined …