Policy Reports
Dual Enrollment Momentum Metrics: Leading Indicators for Program Improvement. May 2026. (joint with Sparks, D., Schudde, L., Levin, E., Lin, Y., Ryu, W., and Fink, J.) [CCRC Website]
Promising Combinations of Dual Enrollment, AP/IB, and CTE: The College and Earnings Trajectories of Texas High School Students Who Take Accelerated Coursework. October 2025. (joint with Ryu, W., Schudde, L., Grano, K., Jenkins, D., and Fink, J.) [CCRC Website]
Which Community College Awards Are Likely to Prepare Students for Post-Completion Success? April 2025. (joint with Fink, J., and Jenkins, D.) [CCRC Website]
The Postsecondary Outcomes of High School Dual Enrollment Students: A National and State-by-State Analysis. October 2024. (joint with Fink, J., Bedoya, M., and Jenkins, D.) [CCRC Website]
Tracking Transfer: Community College and Four-Year Institutional Effectiveness in Broadening Bachelor’s Degree Attainment. February 2024. (joint with Fink, J., Bedoya, M., Jenkins, D., and LaViolet, T.) [CCRC Website]
Trends in Key Performance Indicators Among Colleges Participating in a Technology-Mediated Advising Reform Initiative. January 2020. (joint with Hughes, K. L., and Barnett, E. A.) [CCRC Website]
Baseline Trends in Key Performance Indicators Among Colleges Participating in a Technology-Mediated Advising Reform Initiative. June 2018. (joint with Armijo, M.) [CCRC Website]
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Trust and the Dynamics of Network Formation. 2026. Network Science. (joint with Juan Camilo Cárdenas, Danisz Okulicz, Davide Pietrobon, and Tomás Rodríguez Barraquer) [Journal]
The Methodological Challenges of Measuring Student Learning, Degree Attainment, and Early Labor Market Outcomes in Higher Education. 2017. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. Vol. 10(2): 424-448. (joint with Melguizo, T., Zamarro, G., and Sánchez, F.) [Journal]
Credit for Low-Income Students and Access to and Academic Performance in Higher Education in Colombia: A Regression Discontinuity Approach. 2016. World Development. Vol. 80: 61-77. (joint with Melguizo, T., and Sánchez, F.) [Journal]
¿Edificar o Educar? Impacto de los Megacolegios en Pruebas Estandarizadas SABER 11. 2015. Revista Desarrollo y Sociedad. No. 74. [Journal]
Socio-economic Inequalities in Malnutrition Among Children and Adolescents in Colombia: The Role of Individual, Household- and Community-Level Characteristics. 2013. Public Health Nutrition 16(9): 1703-18. (joint with Garcia, S., Sarmiento, O., and Forde, I.) [Journal]
Working Papers
The Effects of College Desegregation on Academic Achievement and Students’ Social Interactions: Evidence from Turnstile Data [Manuscript] (Under authors’ revisions)
The Returns to College for Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Student Loan Program in Colombia (joint with Sánchez, F.) (Under authors’ revisions)
Work in Progress
Examining the Benefits of Dual Enrollment in Communities, Sectors and Institutions (joint with Bedoya, M., and Fink, J.)
Unlocking STEM Talent: What Happens to Transfer Students at the Four-Year College? (joint with Miller, L.)
Training for the Plant: Large Firm Entry and Adult College Enrollment (joint with Rodriguez, V.)
Op-Eds and Media
Texas Study Reveals Power of Combined Accelerated Programs for College Success. The EDU Ledger. October 18, 2025. (Research cited) [Article]
Combining Dual Enrollment With AP Courses Yields Positive Student Outcomes. Inside Higher Ed. October 17, 2025. (Research cited) [Article]
Expanding Dual Enrollment Into CTE. Community College Daily. October 15, 2025. (Research cited) [Article]
These High School Graduates Earned a Diploma and a $74,000 Teaching Contract. Education Week. July 11, 2025. (Quoted) [Article]
Dual Enrollment Blends High School, College, and Workforce Education and Training. Forbes. October 31, 2024. (Research cited) [Article]
Nearly Half of Texas High School Students Who Earn College Credits Are Hispanic, Study Says. The Texas Tribune. October 16, 2024. (Research cited) [Article]
These College Majors Rank Most Valuable Due to Higher Salaries, Lower Unemployment Rates. LiveNOW from FOX. October 1, 2024. (Quoted) [Article]
Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two- and Four-Year Institutions. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. April 25, 2024. (Quoted) [Article]
How to Boost Community-College Transfers. The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 22, 2024. (Op-Ed) [Article]
Transferring from Community College to a Four-Year School Isn’t Often Successful. CNBC. February 13, 2024. (Quoted)
College Transfer Is Too Often a Road to Nowhere, Suggest New Reports. Forbes. February 7, 2024. (Quoted) [Article]
New Data Signal Flawed Transfer Process. Inside Higher Ed. February 7, 2024. (Quoted) [Article]
Study Says Community College Students Less Likely to Transfer to Four-Year School. WCBS News Radio. February 7, 2024. (Radio Interview)