Higher Education Rulemaking: The Politics of Creating Regulatory Policy
This book explores the how and why of the federal regulatory policymaking process as it pertains to higher education, financial aid, and student loan debt.
Understanding the Relative Value of Alternative Pathways in Postsecondary Education: Evidence From the State of Virginia
This book chapter replicates and extends analyses completed in other statewide studies and estimates returns to credentials and credit accumulation for first-time college students who enrolled in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) in 2004–2005 using a classic Mincerian approach.
Performance Funding for Higher Education
This book is the culmination of a three-year study of performance funding in Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee. Based on interviews with state officials and staff at 18 public institutions, the book delves into the policy implications of performance funding, which ties state financial support of colleges and universities to institutional performance.
Matching Talents to Careers: From Self-Directed to Guided Pathways
This chapter in the book Matching Students to Opportunity examines the matching process between students and college programs or majors, primarily in community colleges.
Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success
The authors of this book argue that to substantially increase student completion, community colleges must engage in fundamental redesign and outline research-based strategies to help colleges achieve this goal.
