How much postsecondary education costs families, and how much is publicly financed,
varies immensely across countries and the proper balance is hotly debated. The United …

Since the Tennessee Promise's 2014 launch,“free college” or “Promise” programs have
proliferated rapidly and converged on design features: a “last-dollar” award and community …

Using generalized difference-in-difference and synthetic control modeling, this study
estimates the influence of the community-college baccalaureate (CCB) on institutional …

Between the 2014 adoption of the Tennessee Promise Act and 2019, 16 states enacted their
own statewide promise program policies making community college tuition free for …

Objective/Research Question: Many localities have implemented promise programs, which
cover tuition for students to attend college based on residency criteria. These “free college” …

We evaluate whether the Bennett Hypothesis applies to local-level, single-institution
promise programs and account for whether colleges have the authority to raise tuition …

Given the proliferation of college promise programs and the increasing popularity of last-
dollar designs, we explore changes to states' financial aid resource environments following …

In 2015, Idaho adopted the nation's first direct admissions system and proactively admitted
all high school graduates to a set of public institutions. This reimagination of the admissions …

The Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) is a multijurisdictional test that law students can use to
gain admission to the bar in 37 states and territories. Despite this near-universal applicability …

Free college/promise programs provide scholarships that cover students' tuition and fees to
attend college. These programs are flexible in that they can be adapted to local and/or state …