Sarah Cohodes

TL;DR: The authors analyzed a Massachusetts merit aid program in which high-scoring students received tuition waivers at in-state public colleges with lower graduation rates than available alternative colleges and found that marginal students lowered their college completion rates by using the scholarship.

TL;DR: The Boston Foundation's Understandings Boston series as discussed by the authors is a series of forums, educational events, and research sponsored by the Boston Foundation to provide information and insight into issues affecting Boston, its neighborhoods, and the region.

TL;DR: This paper analyzed a Massachusetts merit aid program that gives high-scoring students tuition waivers at in-state public colleges with lower graduation rates than available alternative colleges and found that students are remarkably willing to forgo college quality and that scholarship use actually lowered college completion rates.

TL;DR: This paper examined the long-term effects and resultant health improvements on important outcomes, such as educational attainment, by examining the effects of the public insurance expansions among children in the 1980s and 1990s on their future educational attainment.

TL;DR: This article used admissions lotteries to estimate effects of attendance at Boston's charter high schools on college preparation and enrollment, finding that charters induce a substantial shift from 2-to 4-year institutions, though the effect on overall college enrollment is modest.