A summary of what @loismiller.bsky.social, @camilantmorales.bsky.social, @juliaturner.bsky.social, Kalena Cortes, and I are learning about community college bachelor’s degrees so far 👇

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Keep an eye out from more work from us as a group and solo work from @julia-turner.bsky.social who will be on the job market next year!

Growing phenomenon that you might not be aware of: a lot of community colleges offer bachelor’s degrees! This descriptive piece is the start of a research agenda with my wonderful coauthors @riacton.bsky.social @julia-turner.bsky.social @camilantmorales.bsky.social and Kalena Cortes

Community college bachelor’s degrees pay off in some fields but not all, offering higher earnings than associate degrees and mixed returns relative to traditional BAs, from Riley K. Acton, Camila Morales, Kalena Cortes, Julia A. Turner, and @loismiller.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34684

Happy to have this descriptive piece with @camilantmorales.bsky.social, Kalena Cortes, @julia-turner.bsky.social, & @loismiller.bsky.social out!

Look for more causal work on this topic from our team in the near future 👀

My #EconJMP, “The Labor Market Returns to Customized Job Training”, examines how subsidized firm training that aligns skill supply with skill demand affects workers and whether subsidies generate benefits that justify public investment.

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Happy to have this paper with @loismiller.bsky.social @camilantmorales.bsky.social and Kalena Cortes accepted at Econ of Ed Review!

And honored it will be in the special issue in memory of Rodney Andrews. ❤️

A student facing a forked path toward two different college campuses, one blue and the other red.

To Attend a College Aligned With Their Politics, Students Would Pay Higher Price

The study also explores the changing politics of student bodies over the past four decades, showing that liberal campuses have grown more liberal and conservative campuses more conservative. https://bit.ly/4nbiPPh

Community college students don’t always benefit from transferring to a 4-year college | Brookings Lois Miller examines community college transfer, finding it boosts degree completion but can reduce earnings afterward.

Haven't been on Bluesky in awhile, but popping in to say I wrote a policy piece based on my transfer paper for @brookings.edu Chalkboard! Many thanks to @econsarahreber.bsky.social, @katharinemeyer.bsky.social, & Michael Hansen for the opportunity and the editing.

www.brookings.edu/articles/com...

Check out my @peerresearch.bsky.social policy brief with Minseon Park about tuition caps and freezes!

Distance to College Contributes to Educational Disparities

Happy to have our paper on distance to college & educational disparities covered in the @nber.org digest today! @loismiller.bsky.social @camilantmorales.bsky.social (& @ need to get Kalena Cortes on here!)

www.nber.org/digest/20250...

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It’s hard times for education research but I have been heartened connecting with so many people at my favorite conference/organization @aefpweb.bsky.social & am beyond honored to receive their dissertation award 🥲

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Starting bright & early Thursday AM, my coauthor @loismiller.bsky.social will present our joint work with @camilantmorales.bsky.social & Kalena Cortes on distance to college and postsecondary outcomes. And @bakerdphd.bsky.social will chair! What more do you need to kick off your conferencing!?

Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Students’ Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Fascinating study from Texas on the effect of distance to community colleges on enrollment and degree completion: www.nber.org/papers/w3333...

TLDR: White, Asian, and rich students who don't live near community colleges are more likely to go to 4-year colleges and are more likely to graduate from college while the exact opposite is true for Black, Hispanic, and poor students.

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Happy to have this paper (coauthored with an amazing team: Kalena Cortes, @loismiller.bsky.social, & @camilantmorales.bsky.social!) out on NBER this morning! Take a look 👇

Academically entitled students have stronger expectations that a female (vs male) professor will grant their special favor requests

These expectations increased students’ likelihood of making these requests and exhibiting negative emotional and behavioral reactions to having these requests denied

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Our keynote speaker for #AEFP2025 is Dr. Cecilia E. Rouse, President of the Brookings Institution 🎉

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Thanks @iza.org for including us on this fun Advent Calendar! ☺️ See below for a short non-technical summary of our paper 👇

Same sentiment as @marthaf.bsky.social - what feed might help solve that problem? I’m just using “Following” and sometimes look at econsky

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A new paper from the Journal of Political Economy investigates how PhD program ranking, department status, and other author connections impact peer review decisions. Read the full findings here: ow.ly/sfLx50UiGII #EconSky

Here's my higher ed fact of the day for you (courtesy of Nick Hillman & the NPSAS)! Many academics are used to moving all over for education and work, but most students go to college VERY close to home.

Looking forward to doing more work on this topic with a great team of coauthors 👀