This paper studies families' capacity to pay for college in the United States, focusing on changes over time and … measures of the ability to pay for college. I find that it is possible to alter the distribution of who pays what amount by …

To boost college graduation rates, policymakers often advocate for academic supports such as coaching or mentoring … lower-cost group coaching program targeted at first-year college students placed on academic probation. Participants attend …

To boost college graduation rates, policymakers often advocate for academic supports such as coaching or mentoring … lower-cost group coaching program targeted at first-year college students placed on academic probation. Participants attend …

a government-sponsored award given to top-performing students on a nationwide college exit exam in Colombia. Students …

In the 1960 cohort, American men and women graduated from college at the same rate, and this was true for Whites … factor driving the growing gender education gap: Women with college educated mothers get greater utility from college, and … women's labor market return to college in recent cohorts accounts for 50% of the increase in their graduation rate. But the …

Black College and University (HBCU) on educational, economic, and financial outcomes. We control for the college application … divergent enrollment decisions - often enrolling in a four-year HBCU in lieu of a two-year college or no college. We find that …

We study how signaling skills that are specific to college majors affect labor market outcomes of college graduates. We …

How do college students and postsecondary institutions react to changes in skill demand in the U.S. labor market? We …

of Queens College student population; and estimating event study analyses with individual fixed effects to control for …