You know what, I don’t mind that 97.3% of all regulatory actions enforced by college accreditors have nothing to do with student outcomes… Oh, wait, I do mind. I like really, really mind! Important research for anyone interested in accreditation. college101.org/report-on-accr…

Excited to watch this seminar as my dissertation deals with Bourdieu's ideas of capital!

Excited to be selected as a 2022-2023 Gardner Fellow through UC Berkeley Center for Studies in Higher Education! I'm looking forward to meeting and learning from other UC PhD students studying higher education.

Thanks to UCLA Extension and Jeff Selingo for hosting a fascinating seminar on the current state of college admissions! I learned a great deal, which will be helpful for my dissertation on the use of college rankings.

Higher ed tends to prioritize intuition and experience over data. Too often decisions are based on anecdotes and the gut instincts of administrators. How can campuses glean better insight from data coming at them each day and couple that with action? linkedin.com/posts/jeffseli…

Higher ed be like: College rankings are terrible! They don’t mean anything! There’s so many issues with them! Our institution is better than that!!!🙄 But also be like: Our institution is ranked # 235, 15th in state, 33rd in this program & ... We are the best! Look at us!!!🤔

Excited to listen to Igor Chirikov 🇺🇦 and Jacqmin julien discuss college rankings today!

College rankings may be distorted by the business activities of the ranker, including selling consulting and analytics to universities. See some evidence in my new paper published in Higher Education. A thread (1/9). doi.org/10.1007/s10734… #AcademicTwitter #HigherED #Rankings

Ed researchers have been nudging for about a decade - Lindsay (Lindsay Page) and I were grateful for the chance to reflect on the field and the promises / limitations of nudging

🧵 If you work with kids applying to highly-selectives* and you're thinking rn that it feels like even more of a fool's errand than ever to try to predict decisions, well, here are some nuggets from an analysis of Common App data by Higher Ed Dive:: highereddive.com/news/common-ap… 1/7

We are proud to announce that our 2019 CIRP Freshman Survey monograph has been cited in Biden's 2023 Economic Report of the President! More specifically, the report cites one of our findings on why students decide to go to college.

In light of the #AffirmativeAction ruling, here is my and Johnny Huynh’s new work finding a lesser-known race-blind policy - an admission advantage for local applicants - produced large college enrollment gains for underrepresented minority students. 👇🏼 Paper soon. #EconTwitter

Read the Article by our very own Associate Professor of Higher Education and History Eddie R. Cole "Supreme Court’s blow to US affirmative action is no coincidence" #AffirmativeAction theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New research shows that accountability systems, like gainful employment, that sanction or close poor-performing for-profit colleges, do not reduce college access but instead cause students to attend colleges with better outcomes, writes Stephanie Cellini. brookings.edu/articles/to-en…

I'm excited to share that I’ve graduated from UCLA with a PhD in Higher Education and Organizational Change! 🎓 Next month, I’ll start my position as a Senior Analyst within UCLA’s Student Affairs Information and Research Office. 📝

How can the U.S. Department of Education evolve to meet modern challenges? Join our webinar on January 21 to hear from former Secretaries of Education Arne Duncan, John King, and Margaret Spellings as they share their insights. RSVP here: brookings.edu/events/the-fut…

.U.S. Department of Education's new guidance claims race-conscious policies in schools and colleges violate federal law. Experts say it contradicts existing law and Supreme Court rulings. Join us for a webinar on Feb. 28 as we discuss the legal and policy implications. RSVP: brookings.edu/events/what-do…

1/ 🚨New paper from me in Education Finance & Policy: "EMERGEing Educational Opportunities: The Effects of Social Capital on Selective College Outcomes" doi.org/10.1162/edfp.a… #EdPolicy #HigherEd #SocEd

Because of my time working on the USNWR college rankings, I focused my dissertation on the types of students who make use of college rankings. Additionally, do these students have better outcomes than students who don’t use rankings? Read more here: escholarship.org/uc/item/78f670…