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Stange receives federal grant to classify college courses at scale

Oct 4, 2024

Research on college course taking, and what students learn while attending college have historically been hampered by inconsistent course titles and numbers across multiple institutions. Education economist Kevin Stange and a research team from the...

Stange receives federal grant to classify college courses at scale

In the Media

Weed-out classes disproportionately discourage minority students - Thompson

Jan 5, 2022 Boston Herald

Studies found that "weed-out classes," or classes that are often foundational for a certain educational track and have high enrollment, often disproportionately weed out minority students, according to Marissa Thompson, a postdoctoral fellow in...

Weed-out classes disproportionately discourage minority students - Thompson

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Susan Dynarski in NYT, “A conveyor belt of dropouts and debt at for-profit colleges”

Oct 31, 2016

Susan Dynarski, in Sunday’s New York Times, describes for-profit colleges as having “a conveyor belt of dropouts and debt.”Dynarski points out that enrollment at for-profit colleges has jumped, especially since the Great Recession, when increased...

Susan Dynarski on Michigan Radio's "Stateside": Ways to fix America’s student loan mess

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Stange on a new measure of college quality, effects of sector and peers on degree attainment

Oct 19, 2016

“A New Measure of College Quality to Study the Effects of College Sector and Peers on Degree Attainment,” a journal article by Jonathan Smith and Kevin Stange, has been published in the fall 2016 edition of Education Finance and...

Stange on a new measure of college quality, effects of sector and peers on degree attainment

Causal Inference in Education Research Seminar (CIERS)

Regression discontinuity in college math recommendations

Jan 27, 2016, 8:30-10:00 am EST

Weill Hall, Room 3240

A presentation by Julian HSU, PhD student in Economics

Higher Education and Economic Growth in Michigan: Looking Back and Looking Ahead on the Fifth Anniversary of the Cherry Commission

Dec 10, 2009, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall

In 2004, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm charged the Lieutenant Governor's Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth with identifying strategies to improve postsecondary attainment and completion in Michigan.

EPI Speaker Series

Can Educational Outcomes Be Improved in Community Colleges? Recent Evidence from Two Randomized Trials

Jan 22, 2008, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Abstract: Community colleges today enroll over one-half of all college students nationwide or nearly 12 million students. And yet, fewer than 40% of those who start at a public two-year college earn any type of degree within six years. Even among those students who intend to complete a degree, only about one-third do so within six years.

EPI Policy briefs

Revisiting FAFSA Simplification: Expanding Access to the IRS Data Retrieval Tool

May 15, 2015

Susan Dynarski, Mark Wiederspan

We describe how the complexity in the FAFSA hinders students’ ability to meet financial aid deadlines and examine the feasibility of using a simplified formula to determine aid...

EPI Working papers

Marginal Pricing and Student Investment in Higher Education

December 1, 2014

Steven Hemelt, Kevin Stange

This paper examines the effect of marginal price on students’ educational investments using rich administrative data on students at Michigan public universities. Marginal price refers to the amount colleges charge for each additional credit taken in...

EPI Working papers

College as Country Club: Do Colleges Cater to Students' Preferences for Consumption?

January 1, 2013

Brian Jacob, Brian McCall, Kevin Stange

This paper investigates whether demand-side market pressure explains colleges' decisions to provide consumption amenities to their students. We estimate a discrete choice model of college demand using micro data from the high school classes of 1992...

Two students walking on a college campus

EPI Working papers

The Consumption Value of Postsecondary Education

November 1, 2011

Kevin Stange, Brian Jacob, Brian McCall

Education provides both investment and consumption benefits; the former being realized after schooling is completed but the latter accruing only while schooling is actually taking place. In this paper, we quantify the importance of consumption value...

college

Stange receives federal grant to classify college courses at scale

Weed-out classes disproportionately discourage minority students - Thompson

Susan Dynarski in NYT, “A conveyor belt of dropouts and debt at for-profit colleges”

Stange on a new measure of college quality, effects of sector and peers on degree attainment

Regression discontinuity in college math recommendations

Higher Education and Economic Growth in Michigan: Looking Back and Looking Ahead on the Fifth Anniversary of the Cherry Commission

Can Educational Outcomes Be Improved in Community Colleges? Recent Evidence from Two Randomized Trials

Revisiting FAFSA Simplification: Expanding Access to the IRS Data Retrieval Tool

Marginal Pricing and Student Investment in Higher Education

College as Country Club: Do Colleges Cater to Students' Preferences for Consumption?

The Consumption Value of Postsecondary Education

Barbara Schneider: Introduction to college going in Michigan: A first look at impacts of the Michigan Merit Curriculum

Eric Bettinger: Information and college attendance: Evidence from a randomized trial

CLOSUP Panel: For-profit colleges: Education or exploitation?