Riley Acton
Biographic Data
| ID | 9593117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Riley Acton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Riley |
| FAMILY NAME | Acton |
| SIGNATURE | ACTON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Miami University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3370-4701 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Distance to degrees
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…
Is a name change a game change? The impact of college-to-university conversions
Community College Program Choices in the Wake of Local Job Losses
Deciding which field to study is one of the most consequential decisions college students make, but most research on the topic focuses on students attending four-year colleges. To understand how students attending community colleges make field of study decisions, the author links administrative educational records of recent high school graduates with local mass layoff and plant closing announcements. He finds that declines in local employment det…
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Community College Program Choices in the Wake of Local Job Losses
Deciding which field to study is one of the most consequential decisions college students make, but most research on the topic focuses on students attending four-year colleges. To understand how students attending community colleges make field of study decisions, the author links administrative educational records of recent high school graduates with local mass layoff and plant closing announcements. He finds that declines in local employment det…
Is a name change a game change? The impact of college-to-university conversions
Distance to degrees
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…
Higher Education Research Studies (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Community college (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Accounting (1 work) · American Community Survey (1 work) · Bachelor (1 work)