By: Vivian Yuen Ting Liu | November 2016
Using proximity to the closest four-year college as an instrumental variable, this paper analyzes public higher education data from an anonymous state to examine how enrolling in summer credits can impact college and labor market outcomes.
November 30, 2016 | CAPSEE Webinar
This CAPSEE webinar reviewed evidence on the economic value of for-profit higher education—both the costs of attending a for-profit college and the labor market benefits after graduation—and considered its implications for the future of for-profit higher education.
By: Adela Soliz & Bridget Terry Long | November 2016
Using data on students in the Ohio public higher education system, this paper estimates the causal effects of participating in the Federal Work-Study program on college GPA, credits earned, and persistence.
November 3, 2016 | Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Conference
This presentation analyzed public higher education data from an anonymous state to examine how summer credits can impact college outcomes and the mechanisms by which they may do so.
By: Di Xu & Jeffrey Fletcher | October 2016
This book chapter replicates and extends analyses completed in other state-wide 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.
By: Clive Belfield | October 19, 2016
In the third of a short series of online essays, Clive Belfield provides a basic economic comparison between for-profit colleges and public colleges that addresses the fundamental economic question and calculation: Which colleges provide the highest benefit for the lowest cost?
By: Eric Bettinger & Adela Soliz | October 2016
This paper estimates the earnings returns to community and technical college associate degree and certificate programs in the state of Ohio.
By: Clive Belfield | October 12, 2016
In the second of a short series of online essays, Clive Belfield compares the performance of recently closed colleges ITT Technical Institute and Corinthian Colleges to the public sector.
By: Clive Belfield | October 4, 2016
In the first of a short series of online essays, Clive Belfield discusses the performance of recently closed for-profit colleges relative to the rest of the sector.
NEW YORK, NY (October 17, 2014) — Researchers, policymakers, and higher education leaders came together to discuss “the value of higher education—and how to further strengthen it” at CAPSEE’s September conference. Scholars from CAPSEE and elsewhere presented research on state-level labor market outcomes and federal financial aid programs; state agency representatives illuminated how they calculate and use labor market outcome data to inform higher education policy; and college leaders discussed how information on student employment outcomes helps them strengthen programs and pathways.