One persistent question in higher education is the efficacy of online education. In the fall of
2020, we randomized 551 West Point students in a required introductory economics course …

Drawing from resource dependence theory, this study explores the extent to which
international student enrollment related to institutional decisions to shift to in-person …

During the pandemic, much of the focus of administrators and scholars has been on its
impact on residential students and the sudden shift to online instruction. While justified …

Since the policy of sending students home to study as a result of responding to the dangers
of the pandemic, universities around the world have increasingly trusted distance learning …

Nearly 700 4-year US colleges mandated students receive COVID-19 vaccinations in fall
2021. Using data on college policies and county health, we estimate how mandates affect …

We study how colleges and universities influence each other's behavior in the context of fall
reopening plans during the COVID-19 pandemic. By leveraging high-frequency data on …

(Foster) Just weeks after winning the election as president of our faculty union, I was greeted
by an infestation of rats inside the living space of what I had thought was at least a rat-free …

The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education institutions to reexamine their modes of
instruction for the Fall 2020 semester. Some institutions chose to reopen for in-person …

In an era where many states' postsecondary education governance dynamics are evolving,
we set out to understand whether state-level governing boards with centralized governance …

Undergraduate enrollment in online courses has been trending upward over the past
decade, despite declining enrollment overall. With the onset of COVID-19 during the Spring …