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 …

Despite high prices, many college students do not re-file the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA) or file late, making college less affordable. Low-cost technological …

Nearly half of students who enter college do not graduate. The majority of efforts to increase
college completion have focused on supporting students before or soon after they enter …

There is a growing debate in social science and education policy research on how to
improve college access for high-performing students from low-income or first-generation …

Nearly half of students who enter college do not graduate. The majority of efforts to increase
college completion have focused on supporting students before or soon after they enter …

Using administrative data, we develop measures of noncognitive skills and evaluate
OneGoal, an intervention designed to help disadvantaged students complete college by …

Despite generous financial aid, military veterans have high rates of undermatch and
generally poor postsecondary outcomes. We conducted a large‐scale, multi‐arm field …

Detroit students who obtain a college degree overcome many obstacles to do so. This article
reports the results of a randomized evaluation of a program meant to provide support to low …

Federal discourse pertaining to college access requires clarified definition. Use of the
college access construct has become commonplace, yet no unified refinement of meaning …

In this paper, we present the results of a multi-year collaboration with policy-makers to
design and evaluate whether information policies implemented at scale can effectively …