Michel Grosz
Community Colleges and Careers: Evidence from Nursing School Lotteries
Tags: Higher educationI estimate the effect of attending an associate's degree in nursing program on nursing licensure. I use student-level academic data for all California community college students, matched to public records on all nursing licenses earned in the state. I produce causal estimates using random… more →
Relaxing Electoral Constraints in Local Education Funding
Topics: Policy, Politics, and GovernanceWe study a California policy that loosened constraints on some local governments by lowering the share of votes required to pass school capital improvement bond referendums. We show that the policy change yielded larger tax proposals that received less support from voters, yet led to a doubling… more →
Admissions Policies, Cohort Composition, and Academic Success: Evidence from California
I study how postsecondary admission policies affect the composition and subsequent academic outcomes of new cohorts. I leverage the staggered replacement of lotteries and waitlists at California's community college nursing programs with admissions that rely on grades, work experience, and other… more →
Capacity and flexibility in community college CTE programs: program offerings and student success
This article asks whether small changes to community college courses and programs can help improve student outcomes. We use administrative data from the California Community College system, including millions of student records and detailed course-level information for most career-technical… more →