Oded Gurantz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5451808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oded Gurantz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oded |
| FAMILY NAME | Gurantz |
| SIGNATURE | GURANTZ O |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7101-3322 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Better Fafsa Changed Federal Aid Applications
The FAFSA Simplification Act altered the federal aid form to minimize barriers to completion and improve aid delivery. Despite these potential benefits, legal, technical, and logistical hurdles led to delays in implementation, creating uncertainty for families and colleges. We descriptively examine changes in California’s FAFSA submissions, using regression analysis to investigate differences in whether students resubmitted the FAFSA. Overall sub…
Costly withdrawals reduce future college-going for low-income students: Evidence from Return of Title IV funds
Governments must strike a balance between promoting access to financial aid while at the same time remaining good stewards of taxpayer funds by preventing fraudulent access. This paper focuses on one of the largest-scale and most consequential policies determining whether students maintain access to Title IV aid, the “Return of Title IV” funds policy, referred to as R2T4. Students receiving Title IV aid who withdraw from college before completing…
“Prior-Prior Year” Fafsa Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment
The impact of federal administrative burdens on college enrollment
Documenting Their Decisions: How Undocumented Students Enroll and Persist in College
The absence of federal support leaves undocumented students reliant on state policies to financially support their postsecondary education. We descriptively examine the postsecondary trajectories of tens of thousands of undocumented students newly eligible for California’s state-aid program, using detailed application data to compare them to similar peers. In this context, undocumented students who apply and are eligible for the program use grant…
How Have Fafsa Submissions Differed During Covid-19
We examine changes in California’s FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) applications during the COVID-19 crisis. There was little change in applications for high school graduates due to an early deadline for state aid. After the deadline—from early March to mid-August—FAFSA applications of potential college freshmen declined 14%, relative to prior years. Although there were initial declines in applications among more experienced under…
Virtual advising for high-achieving high school students
A National‐Level Informational Experiment to Promote Enrollment in Selective Colleges
Prior research finds that low‐income students are less likely to apply to and enroll in four‐year colleges or more selective colleges, even after controlling for academic preparation and other background characteristics. The College Board sought to reduce barriers in the college application process through a targeted campaign of brochures and e‐mails. These materials were sent to students two to three times between the end of eleventh grade and t…
What Does Free Community College Buy? Early Impacts from the Oregon Promise
This paper examines the Oregon Promise, a state‐level program that exclusively subsidizes in‐state community college attendance. I estimate impacts using a difference‐in‐difference design that links students in states with essentially universal 10th‐grade PSAT coverage to national‐level postsecondary enrollment data. I find that the implementation of the Oregon Promise increased enrollment at two‐year colleges by roughly four to five percentage p…
College Enrollment and Completion Among Nationally Recognized High‐Achieving Hispanic Students
Hispanic high school graduates have lower college completion rates than academically similar white students. As Hispanic students have been theorized to be more constrained in the college search and selection process, one potential policy lever is to increase the set of colleges to which these students apply and attend. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of the College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP), which recognizes …
Who Loses Out? Registration Order, Course Availability, and Student Behaviors in Community College
In California, the combination of budget cuts and high unemployment from the Great Recession has resulted in “overcrowded” conditions, with more students attempting to enroll in fewer available classes. State-level policy recommendations have focused on altering registration priorities to mitigate the impact of overcrowding, but it is unclear whether these changes will impact enrollment, as little is known about student behavior within these syst…
Financial Challenges in Emerging Adulthood and Students’ Decisions to Stop Out of College
By examining the college attendance patterns of youth who came of age during the Great Recession, our study investigates the economic factors in emerging adulthood that may contribute to the limited upward educational mobility experienced by a contemporary cohort of young adults. Drawing on telephone survey and in-depth interview data gathered from 18- to 26-year-olds, we analyze patterns of stopping out—or leaving college with intentions to retu…
What Does Free Community College Buy? Early Impacts from the Oregon Promise
This paper examines the Oregon Promise, a state‐level program that exclusively subsidizes in‐state community college attendance. I estimate impacts using a difference‐in‐difference design that links students in states with essentially universal 10th‐grade PSAT coverage to national‐level postsecondary enrollment data. I find that the implementation of the Oregon Promise increased enrollment at two‐year colleges by roughly four to five percentage p…
A National‐Level Informational Experiment to Promote Enrollment in Selective Colleges
Prior research finds that low‐income students are less likely to apply to and enroll in four‐year colleges or more selective colleges, even after controlling for academic preparation and other background characteristics. The College Board sought to reduce barriers in the college application process through a targeted campaign of brochures and e‐mails. These materials were sent to students two to three times between the end of eleventh grade and t…
College Enrollment and Completion Among Nationally Recognized High‐Achieving Hispanic Students
Hispanic high school graduates have lower college completion rates than academically similar white students. As Hispanic students have been theorized to be more constrained in the college search and selection process, one potential policy lever is to increase the set of colleges to which these students apply and attend. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of the College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP), which recognizes …
Who Loses Out? Registration Order, Course Availability, and Student Behaviors in Community College
In California, the combination of budget cuts and high unemployment from the Great Recession has resulted in “overcrowded” conditions, with more students attempting to enroll in fewer available classes. State-level policy recommendations have focused on altering registration priorities to mitigate the impact of overcrowding, but it is unclear whether these changes will impact enrollment, as little is known about student behavior within these syst…
How Have Fafsa Submissions Differed During Covid-19
We examine changes in California’s FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) applications during the COVID-19 crisis. There was little change in applications for high school graduates due to an early deadline for state aid. After the deadline—from early March to mid-August—FAFSA applications of potential college freshmen declined 14%, relative to prior years. Although there were initial declines in applications among more experienced under…
Financial Challenges in Emerging Adulthood and Students’ Decisions to Stop Out of College
By examining the college attendance patterns of youth who came of age during the Great Recession, our study investigates the economic factors in emerging adulthood that may contribute to the limited upward educational mobility experienced by a contemporary cohort of young adults. Drawing on telephone survey and in-depth interview data gathered from 18- to 26-year-olds, we analyze patterns of stopping out—or leaving college with intentions to retu…
Who Loses Out? Registration Order, Course Availability, and Student Behaviors in Community College
In California, the combination of budget cuts and high unemployment from the Great Recession has resulted in “overcrowded” conditions, with more students attempting to enroll in fewer available classes. State-level policy recommendations have focused on altering registration priorities to mitigate the impact of overcrowding, but it is unclear whether these changes will impact enrollment, as little is known about student behavior within these syst…
College Enrollment and Completion Among Nationally Recognized High‐Achieving Hispanic Students
Hispanic high school graduates have lower college completion rates than academically similar white students. As Hispanic students have been theorized to be more constrained in the college search and selection process, one potential policy lever is to increase the set of colleges to which these students apply and attend. In this paper, we investigate the impacts of the College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP), which recognizes …
What Does Free Community College Buy? Early Impacts from the Oregon Promise
This paper examines the Oregon Promise, a state‐level program that exclusively subsidizes in‐state community college attendance. I estimate impacts using a difference‐in‐difference design that links students in states with essentially universal 10th‐grade PSAT coverage to national‐level postsecondary enrollment data. I find that the implementation of the Oregon Promise increased enrollment at two‐year colleges by roughly four to five percentage p…
Virtual advising for high-achieving high school students
A National‐Level Informational Experiment to Promote Enrollment in Selective Colleges
Prior research finds that low‐income students are less likely to apply to and enroll in four‐year colleges or more selective colleges, even after controlling for academic preparation and other background characteristics. The College Board sought to reduce barriers in the college application process through a targeted campaign of brochures and e‐mails. These materials were sent to students two to three times between the end of eleventh grade and t…
How Have Fafsa Submissions Differed During Covid-19
We examine changes in California’s FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) applications during the COVID-19 crisis. There was little change in applications for high school graduates due to an early deadline for state aid. After the deadline—from early March to mid-August—FAFSA applications of potential college freshmen declined 14%, relative to prior years. Although there were initial declines in applications among more experienced under…
Documenting Their Decisions: How Undocumented Students Enroll and Persist in College
The absence of federal support leaves undocumented students reliant on state policies to financially support their postsecondary education. We descriptively examine the postsecondary trajectories of tens of thousands of undocumented students newly eligible for California’s state-aid program, using detailed application data to compare them to similar peers. In this context, undocumented students who apply and are eligible for the program use grant…
“Prior-Prior Year” Fafsa Increased Aid Submissions but Likely not Enrollment
The impact of federal administrative burdens on college enrollment
Costly withdrawals reduce future college-going for low-income students: Evidence from Return of Title IV funds
Governments must strike a balance between promoting access to financial aid while at the same time remaining good stewards of taxpayer funds by preventing fraudulent access. This paper focuses on one of the largest-scale and most consequential policies determining whether students maintain access to Title IV aid, the “Return of Title IV” funds policy, referred to as R2T4. Students receiving Title IV aid who withdraw from college before completing…
How Better Fafsa Changed Federal Aid Applications
The FAFSA Simplification Act altered the federal aid form to minimize barriers to completion and improve aid delivery. Despite these potential benefits, legal, technical, and logistical hurdles led to delays in implementation, creating uncertainty for families and colleges. We descriptively examine changes in California’s FAFSA submissions, using regression analysis to investigate differences in whether students resubmitted the FAFSA. Overall sub…
Higher Education Research Studies (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Medical education (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Attendance (4 works) · Higher education (4 works)