Michael D. Bloem

Understanding Variation in Post-College Earnings: Evidence from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard

Michael D. Bloem, Xiaowen Hu, Michael Hurwitz. December 2024

Topics: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary

Tags: Higher education

Using the detailed college level data from the College Scorecard on students’ post-college earnings from the near universe of four-year colleges, we assess the usefulness of going beyond comparing colleges based only on median earnings and analyze the descriptive relationship between college… more →
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College Entrance Exam-Taking Strategies in Georgia

Michael D. Bloem, Weixiang Pan, Jonathan Smith. July 2021

Topics: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary

Tags: Higher education, College readiness, Assessment

Using administrative data from Georgia, we provide the first study of the full set of college entrance exam-taking strategies, including who takes the ACT and the SAT (or both), when they take the exams, and how many times they take each exam. We have several main findings. First, one-third of… more →
Download 07/2021