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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 3d

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. ❤️

Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 3d

Distance to degrees: How college proximity shapes students’ enrollment choices and attainment across race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Distance to degrees: How college proximity shapes students’ enrollment choices and attainment across race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status

Leveraging rich data on the universe of Texas high school graduates, we estimate how the relationship between geographic access to public two- and fou…

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 28d

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

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

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · 28d

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...

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.

www.brookings.edu

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Apr 8

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

Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · Apr 8

Out today from @peerresearch.bsky.social: 22 states froze college tuition (or capped growth in tuition) at least once between 1990 to 2019. Here’s what happened. www.american.edu/spa/peer/upl... 1/

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Apr 1

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...

Distance to College Contributes to Educational Disparities

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Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · Mar 21

Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!

Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).

Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768

Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!

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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Mar 15

A special thank you to Michal Kurlaender and the program committee for all of their work on an excellent conference program this year! We appreciate your time and service. #AEFP2025

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Mar 14

Join us bright and early tomorrow for the annual @aefpweb.bsky.social 5K! Meet in the Mayflower hotel lobby at 6:15 or at Lafayette Square at 6:30 #AEFP2025

Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Mar 13

This Saturday, let's run circles around this administration.
#AEFP2025 5k starts at 6:30 am in Lafayette Square @aefpweb.bsky.social

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Mar 14

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 🥲

AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congratulations to all our #AEFP2025 award winners!

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Mar 14

Aw thank you! 🥰

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Mar 10

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!?

OA Virtual conferences

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · Jan 6

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

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...

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · Jan 6

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.

#highered #education #econsky

Distance to Degrees: How College Proximity Shapes Students’ Enrollment Choices and Attainment Across Race-Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
Riley K. Acton, Kalena Cortes, Lois Miller & Camila Morales
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Working Paper 33337
DOI 10.3386/w33337
Issue Date January 2025
Leveraging rich data on the universe of Texas high school graduates, we estimate how the relationship between geographic access to public two- and four-year postsecondary institutions and postsecondary outcomes varies across race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We find that students are sensitive to the distance they must travel to access public colleges and universities, but there are heterogeneous effects across students – particularly with regard to distance to public two-year colleges (i.e., community colleges). White, Asian, and higher-income students who live in a community college desert (i.e., at least 30 minutes driving time from the nearest public two-year college) substitute towards four-year colleges and are more likely to complete bachelor’s degrees. Meanwhile, Black, Hispanic, and lower-income students respond to living in a community college desert by forgoing college enrollment altogether, reducing the likelihood that they earn associate’s and reducing the likelihood that they ultimately transfer to four-year colleges and earn bachelor’s degrees. These relationships persist up to eight years following high school graduation, resulting in substantial long-term gaps in overall degree attainment by race-ethnicity and income in areas with limited postsecondary access.

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Jan 6

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 👇

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Jan 6

Important new research by @riacton.bsky.social and colleagues uses Texas data to look at how sensitive students are to distance to the nearest colleges, with important differences by race/ethnicity.

www.nber.org/papers/w33337

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...

www.nber.org

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · Dec 30

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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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · Dec 25

"We Wish You A Merry Christmas" #QuarantineHobby 🎄 🎄🎄

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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Dec 23

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

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Dec 23

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Dec 19

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

IZA @iza.org · Dec 19

✨ #IZAdventCalendar 1️⃣9️⃣

🎁 Today's insight: Living in a 'community college desert' hinders enrollment and degree completion among Black, Hispanic, and lower-income students.

@riacton.bsky.social, K. Cortes, @loismiller.bsky.social & @camilantmorales.bsky.social

newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/r...

How college proximity shapes enrollment and degree attainment

The role of geographic access in addressing higher education disparities

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Dec 14

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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Journal of Political Economy @jpolecon.bsky.social · Dec 12

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

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Dec 11

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 👀

Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Dec 11

Very large home bias, especially for less selective schools & underrepresented groups. The median student (across 2-years & 4-years) goes to college 17 miles from home! Even at private research universities, about half of students come from within 50 miles.

See: ticas.org/wp-content/u...

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Dec 11

That’s awesome, congrats!

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Lois Miller @loismiller.bsky.social · Dec 6

First time talking to a reporter about my research ✅

Thanks so much to Lexi Lonas Cochran for the coverage, and to my coauthor @riacton.bsky.social for passing this one off to me to talk about our work with Kalena Cortes and Camila Morales 😊

thehill.com/homenews/edu...

Community ‘college deserts’ leave students stranded from higher education

Experts are increasingly sounding the alarm on community “college deserts” that leave students without readily accessible higher education options. The deserts, locations where h…

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · Dec 5

Shoutout to my friend & coauthor @loismiller.bsky.social who is presenting her cool paper on college transfers at NBER this afternoon! Tune in to hear about it 👀

Laura K Gee @laurakgee.bsky.social · Dec 5

First snow ❄️ of the season just in time for @nberpubs.bsky.social Ed meetings today! Come watch on YouTube to avoid the slippery commute I just endured www.youtube.com/nbervideos

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