Bridget Terry Long
Biographic Data
| ID | 1471582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bridget Terry Long |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bridget Terry |
| FAMILY NAME | Long |
| SIGNATURE | LONG B T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2333-9245 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“Prior-Prior Year” Fafsa Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment
Digital messaging to improve college enrollment and success
Can Financial Aid Help to Address the Growing Need for STEM Education? The Effects of Need‐Based Grants on the Completion of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Courses and Degrees
Although workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields earn above‐average wages, the number of college graduates prepared for STEM jobs lags behind employer demand. A key question is how to recruit and retain college students in STEM majors. We offer new evidence on the role of financial aid in supporting STEM attainment. Exploiting a regression discontinuity that allows for causal inference, we find that eligibility for nee…
The Role of Application Assistance and Information in College Decisions
Growing concerns about low awareness and take-up rates for government support programs like college financial aid have spurred calls to simplify the application process and enhance visibility. We present results from a randomized field experiment in which low-income individuals receiving tax preparation help were also offered immediate assistance and a streamlined process to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for themse…
Does Cheaper Mean Better? The Impact of Using Adjunct Instructors on Student Outcomes
Higher education has increasingly relied on part-time, adjunct instructors. Critics argue that adjuncts reduce educational quality because they often have less education than full-time professors. On the other hand, by specializing in teaching or being concurrently employed, adjuncts could enhance learning experiences. This paper quantifies how adjuncts affect subsequent student interest and course performance relative to full-time faculty using …
Beyond Admissions
The use of preferences for racial or ethnic groups has spurred a lively debate about the merits of such policies. As underscored by this volume, however, most of the discussion about these issues has neglected a key point: students' decisions play an important role in determining the outcomes we observe in higher education. In other words, affirmative action, or lack thereof, will not alone determine whether our colleges and universities are raci…
Do Community Colleges Provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?
Community colleges have become an important entryway for students intending to complete baccalaureate degrees. However, many question the viability of the transfer function and wonder whether students suffer a penalty for starting at 2-year institutions. The authors examined how the outcomes of community college entrants compared with those of similar students who initially entered 4-year institutions within the Ohio public higher education syste…
Playing the Admissions Game
Gaining entrance to a four-year college or university, particularly a selective institution, has become increasingly competitive over the last several decades. We document this phenomenon and show how it has varied across different parts of the student ability distribution and across regions, with the most pronounced increases in competition being found among higher-ability students and in the Northeast. Additionally, we explore how the college p…
Does female schooling reduce fertility? Evidence from Nigeria
Do Faculty Serve as Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students
Do Faculty Serve as Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students by Eric P. Bettinger and Bridget Terry Long. Published in volume 95, issue 2, pages 152-157 of American Economic Review, May 2005
Does the Format of a Financial Aid Program Matter? The Effect of State In-Kind Tuition Subsidies
Does the format of a financial aid program influence how it affects college decisions? This paper examines this question by focusing on state appropriations to public postsecondary institutions. While these funds subsidize tuition costs for in-state students, the in-kind format of the aid an resulting price gap between public and private colleges could also affect choices between colleges. The paper analyzes this possible effect utilizing a condi…
Does female schooling reduce fertility? Evidence from Nigeria
Playing the Admissions Game
Gaining entrance to a four-year college or university, particularly a selective institution, has become increasingly competitive over the last several decades. We document this phenomenon and show how it has varied across different parts of the student ability distribution and across regions, with the most pronounced increases in competition being found among higher-ability students and in the Northeast. Additionally, we explore how the college p…
Can Financial Aid Help to Address the Growing Need for STEM Education? The Effects of Need‐Based Grants on the Completion of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Courses and Degrees
Although workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields earn above‐average wages, the number of college graduates prepared for STEM jobs lags behind employer demand. A key question is how to recruit and retain college students in STEM majors. We offer new evidence on the role of financial aid in supporting STEM attainment. Exploiting a regression discontinuity that allows for causal inference, we find that eligibility for nee…
Does the Format of a Financial Aid Program Matter? The Effect of State In-Kind Tuition Subsidies
Does the format of a financial aid program influence how it affects college decisions? This paper examines this question by focusing on state appropriations to public postsecondary institutions. While these funds subsidize tuition costs for in-state students, the in-kind format of the aid an resulting price gap between public and private colleges could also affect choices between colleges. The paper analyzes this possible effect utilizing a condi…
Do Faculty Serve as Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students
Do Faculty Serve as Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students by Eric P. Bettinger and Bridget Terry Long. Published in volume 95, issue 2, pages 152-157 of American Economic Review, May 2005
Does female schooling reduce fertility? Evidence from Nigeria
Do Community Colleges Provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree?
Community colleges have become an important entryway for students intending to complete baccalaureate degrees. However, many question the viability of the transfer function and wonder whether students suffer a penalty for starting at 2-year institutions. The authors examined how the outcomes of community college entrants compared with those of similar students who initially entered 4-year institutions within the Ohio public higher education syste…
Playing the Admissions Game
Gaining entrance to a four-year college or university, particularly a selective institution, has become increasingly competitive over the last several decades. We document this phenomenon and show how it has varied across different parts of the student ability distribution and across regions, with the most pronounced increases in competition being found among higher-ability students and in the Northeast. Additionally, we explore how the college p…
Does Cheaper Mean Better? The Impact of Using Adjunct Instructors on Student Outcomes
Higher education has increasingly relied on part-time, adjunct instructors. Critics argue that adjuncts reduce educational quality because they often have less education than full-time professors. On the other hand, by specializing in teaching or being concurrently employed, adjuncts could enhance learning experiences. This paper quantifies how adjuncts affect subsequent student interest and course performance relative to full-time faculty using …
Beyond Admissions
The use of preferences for racial or ethnic groups has spurred a lively debate about the merits of such policies. As underscored by this volume, however, most of the discussion about these issues has neglected a key point: students' decisions play an important role in determining the outcomes we observe in higher education. In other words, affirmative action, or lack thereof, will not alone determine whether our colleges and universities are raci…
The Role of Application Assistance and Information in College Decisions
Growing concerns about low awareness and take-up rates for government support programs like college financial aid have spurred calls to simplify the application process and enhance visibility. We present results from a randomized field experiment in which low-income individuals receiving tax preparation help were also offered immediate assistance and a streamlined process to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for themse…
Can Financial Aid Help to Address the Growing Need for STEM Education? The Effects of Need‐Based Grants on the Completion of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Courses and Degrees
Although workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields earn above‐average wages, the number of college graduates prepared for STEM jobs lags behind employer demand. A key question is how to recruit and retain college students in STEM majors. We offer new evidence on the role of financial aid in supporting STEM attainment. Exploiting a regression discontinuity that allows for causal inference, we find that eligibility for nee…
Digital messaging to improve college enrollment and success
“Prior-Prior Year” Fafsa Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment
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