“One of the Weakest Budget Players in the State”: State Funding of Higher Education at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

D Gándara, MS Billings, PG Rubin… - … Evaluation and Policy …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Prior studies have documented the pattern of decreased state funding for higher education
in periods of economic contraction (ie, the balance wheel phenomenon). This qualitative …

State partisanship and higher education

A Ortega - Economics of Education Review, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper uses a regression discontinuity approach to estimate the causal effect of a
governor's party affiliation on higher education in the US The findings indicate that when a …

The policy filtering process: Understanding distinctive state responses to the national college completion agenda in the United States

PG Rubin, JC Hearn - Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018 - epaa.asu.edu
Abstract The United States has faced stagnant postsecondary education degree completion
rates for over a decade. When coupled with improved educational outcomes in other …

The relationships between state higher education funding strategies and college access and success

R Kelchen, J Ortagus, K Rosinger… - Educational …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We compiled the first longitudinal data set with detailed state funding information to examine
whether different funding strategies for public higher education correlate with college access …

The Politics of Higher Education Policy in Canada, the US, and Western Europe–An Introduction

J Jungblut, M Maltais, EC Ness, D Rexe - Comparative Higher Education …, 2023 - Springer
Higher education policy has become a more salient issue in modern states as universities
are increasingly important for societal and economic development. This leads to an …

Government spending on local higher education institutions (LHEIs) in China: analysing the determinants of general appropriations and their contributions

Y Tang - Studies in Higher Education, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Government spending on higher education is a perennial research theme, but empirical
evidence from China is relatively rare. Based on panel data of local higher education …

Becoming a “game changer”: Complete College America's role in US higher education policy fields

EC Ness, PG Rubin, L Hammond - Higher Education, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Established in 2009, Complete College America (CCA) has emerged as one of the
leading single-issue intermediary organizations advocating policy solutions to improve …

The effect of tuition fee constraints on financial management: Evidence from Korean private universities

YH Lee, KS Kim, KH Lee - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study examined the effect of tuition fee control policy on universities' financial
management. Using data from 93 private universities in Korea from 2006 to 2015, we …

The dynamic financial implications of the community college baccalaureate: An institutional exploration

J Wright-Kim - AERA Open, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Using generalized difference-in-difference and synthetic control modeling, this study
estimates the influence of the community-college baccalaureate (CCB) on institutional …

A national study of the financial implications of community college baccalaureate adoption

JC Ortagus, X Hu - The Journal of Higher Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Community college baccalaureate (CCB) degree programs have become increasingly
popular in recent years, with over 100 community colleges in 24 states currently offering at …