Briefs, Reports & Papers

2011

Equity in High Schools
Jones, T., Bensimon, E.M., McNair, T.B., & Dowd, A. C. (2011). Using data and inquiry to build equity-focused college-going cultures. Washington, DC: National College Access Network.

STEM
Dowd, A.C. (in press). Developing Supportive STEM Community College to Four-Year College and University Transfer Ecosystems. Washington, D.C.: National Academies of Sciences.

2010

HSIs
Bensimon, E.M., Malcom, E. & Dávila, B. (2010). (Re)Constructing Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Moving Beyond Numbers Toward Student Success. EP3: Education Policy and Practice Perspectives, 6. Iowa State University: Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.

STEM
Malcom L.E., Dowd, A.C., & Yu, T. (2010). Tapping HSI-STEM Funds to Improve Latina and Latino Access to the STEM Professions. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California.

Dowd, A.C., Malcom, L.E., & Macias, E.E. (2010). Improving Transfer Access to STEM Bachelor’s Degrees at Hispanic Serving Institutions through the America COMPETES Act. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California.

Transfer
Bordoloi Pazich, L., & Bensimon, E. M. (2010). Wisconsin transfer equity study: Final report. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California.

2009

STEM
Dowd, A.C., Malcom, L.E., & Bensimon, E.M. (2009). Benchmarking the Success of Latino and Latina Students in STEM to Achieve National Graduation Goals. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California.

2008

Financial Aid/Debt & Higher Education Finance
Dowd, A. C. (2008). A cautionary analysis of restrictive "promise" tuition guarantees: The case of the Kalamazoo promise. University of Houston Law Center, 8(1).

2007

Transfer
Bensimon, E. M., Dowd, A. C., Alford, H., & Trapp, F. (2007). Missing 87: A study of the "transfer gap" and "choice gap". Long Beach and Los Angeles: Long Beach City College and the Center for Urban Education, University of Southern California.

2006

Transfer
Dowd, A. C., Bensimon, E. M., Gabbard, G., Singleton, S., Macias, E., Dee, J., et al. (2006). Transfer access to elite colleges and universities in the United States: Threading the needle of the American dream. Retrieved May 5, 2008, from www.jackkentcookefoundation.org

Pak, J., Bensimon, E. M., Malcom, L., Marquez, A., & Park, D. (2006). The life histories of ten individuals who crossed the border between community colleges and selective four-year colleges. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California.

2005

Equity, Inquiry, Organizational Learning and Leadership
Dowd, A. C. (2005). Data don't drive: Building a practitioner-driven culture of inquiry to assess community college performance. (Research Report). Indianapolis, IN: Lumina Foundation for Education.

Bensimon, E. M. (2005). Equality as a fact, equality as a result: A matter of institutional accountability. Washington, DC: American Council on Education.

USC California Policy Institute. (2005). Measuring Equity in Higher Education: An accountability framework for California college and universities. Research Update: Education. Los Angeles, CA.

Miscellaneous Publications

2009

Bensimon, E. M. (2009, January). Accountability for Equitable Outcomes in Higher Education. Paper presented at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

2008

Malcom, L. E. (2008). Multiple Pathways to STEM: Examining state differences in community college attendance among Latino STEM bachelor's degree holders. Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

Dowd, A. C., Bensimon, E. M., Watford, T., & Malcolm, L. E. (2008). Does "2+2" still equal four? Examining the "new math" of transfer access from community colleges to the baccalaureate. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Jacksonville, FL.

2005

Bauman, G. L., Bustillos, L. T., & Bensimon, E. M. (2005). Achieving equitable educational outcomes with all students: The institution’s roles and responsibilities. Association of American Colleges and Universities.

2004

Dowd, A. C., & Ventimiglia, L. (2004, November). A cost analysis of college-readiness remediation under high stakes testing. Paper presented at the North Eastern Association for Institutional Research, Portsmouth, NH.