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Just published #openaccess in AERA Open. Through interviews with promise program administrators, we find that promise students face basic needs security, financial literacy challenges, and are counseled to avoid student loans. #highered #edpolicy
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Our findings suggest that tuition and fee coverage (which promise programs typically offer) are likely insufficient to ease the financial stress that many promise students experience. We also describe how a program changed from last- to first-dollar allocation.
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📣 💼 Come work with us @ThirdWayEDU!
We're currently looking for our next Higher Education Policy Advisor to join our team focused on improving the higher ed system to focus more on student success.
Info and application:
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Our commentary is out: administrator perspectives on promise/free-college programs, support services, and financial sustainability. Summarizes research findings @BrookingsInst Brown Center Chalkboard, co-authors: M Billings, D Gandara brookings.edu/articles/admin… #highered #edpolicy
Check out my piece with the @ConversationUS about institutional types: Trump’s battle with elite universities overlooks where most students actually go to college theconversation.com/trumps-b… #HigherEducation #highered
Join me tomorrow to hear about the policy implementation of support services at community colleges with promise programs.
Friday, 9:50 am, Terrace level, bluebird ballroom 2E.
Joint work w/ @GandaraDenisa Meredith Billings #AERA2025 @AERADiv_J tinyurl.com/24afnejn
Deficits at Frostburg State University: I'm quoted in this article by @elliew0lfe about state budget cuts and institutions facing financial challenges.
@BaltimoreBanner thebaltimorebanner.com/educa…
Open-access: latest publication w/@GandaraDenisa MBillings @xiaodanh-Colleges w/ privately funded promise programs increased their institutional support spending after program initiation, while publicly funded programs saw increases to student services $$ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
New publication with @xiaodanh--We quantitatively analyze the policy mechanisms and political dynamics around states who say "Goodbye" to performance-based funding policies. #highered Full-text available to read without paywall. rdcu.be/d2ucX
New @ #RIHE: Many people study policy adoption, but few study policy discontinuation. @amyliphd & @xiaodanh find that states show evidence of policy imitation, but not of policy emulation, in the discontinuation of performance-based funding (PBF). doi.org/10.1007/s11162-024-0…
Presenters at an ASHE session said that I was the first discussant they’ve seen who had PPT slides. I remember years ago, many discussants had slides for @ASHEoffice! #ASHE2024
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Please come to our paper session, Thur Nov 21, 1:00-2:15pm CST, Marquette III, 2nd Floor. @GandaraDenisa, Maria Cormier, @AmyLiphd and colleagues will talk about their recent work on college promise. @taylor_odle will serve as a discussant. Stay warm and see you soon @ASHEoffice
New publication showing that statewide need-based aid programs fail to increase the number of entering Pell grant recipients at public, 4-year colleges. Similar findings for performance-based funding equity metrics/bonuses for low-income students. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/…
Thank you so much to the amazing @kaylaCelliott for guest speaking in my policy class. The students learned so much and they loved you! :)
Thank you to @MichelleDimino @ThirdWayEDU for guest speaking in my policy class. Always a delight to hear from you!!
Recent PhD’s, consider submitting for the AERA Division J Outstanding Dissertation Award! #highered
REMINDER: The deadline for the "2024-2025 AERA Division J Dissertation of the Year Award" is November 1. We encourage all recent doctoral graduates to submit their work. @AERADiv_J @ashegrads @AAHHEgsfp @AmyLiphd @ant_duran @TyCMcNamee @HigherEd_SIG @CIESNewScholars @CIES_GE_SIG
