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Lindsay Page
Examining the Relationship Between Randomization Strategies and Contamination in Higher Education Interventions
Topics: MethodsTags: Higher educationRandomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the reference method for causal inference. To conduct field experiments in educational settings, study design must balance statistical power with the risk of treatment-control contamination. This study investigates both crossover and spillover… more →
How do place-based scholarships affect student borrowing and academic outcomes? Lessons from Atlanta
Topics: Policy, Politics, and GovernanceTags: Higher educationPrevious research shows that Achieve Atlanta’s placed-based scholarship and associated services meaningfully improve college persistence and completion. In this follow up study that uses similar methods but additional and more detailed data, we examine whether scholarship recipients exhibit… more →
Behind the Scenes: Faculty-Staff Collaboration in a Student Success Effort
Interventions to improve postsecondary student success often involve supports that are external to the college classroom, although there is growing evidence that faculty involvement in interventions can improve student outcomes. This paper explores the challenges that arise when faculty and… more →
Common support violations in clustered observational studies of educational interventions
Topics: MethodsTags:In education settings, treatments are often non-randomly assigned to clusters, such as schools or classrooms, while outcomes are measured for students. This research design is called the clustered observational study (COS). We examine the consequences of common support violations in the COS… more →