Publications
JBLA. has prepared numerous research and policy publications and reports for our clients. Publication topics range from data collection and management, to planning and policy analysis. These publications have served both the public and the business interests of our clients.
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Recent Publications
No Clear Winner: Consumer Testing of Financial Aid Award Letters. National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. 2013
Business Engagement in Education: Key Partners for Improving Student Success. College Summit, Washington, DC. 2013.
"Salaries, 2010-2011" The NEA Almanac of Higher Education (Annual). National Education Association, Washington, DC. 2012.
The Other Pipeline: From Prison to Diploma, Community College and Correctional Education Programs. The College Board, New York, NY. 2011.
How to Graduate High-Risk Students: Lessons from Successful For-Profit Colleges and Schools, Student Financial Aid Research Network Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, June 11, 2010
The Financial Aid Challenge Successful Practices that Address the Underutilization of Financial Aid in Community Colleges: Commissioned by the College Board and the American Association of Community Colleges, Washington D.C., May 2010.
Attendance and Completion Patterns Data Notes Newsletter: March/April 2010. Achieving the Dream
Grade Point Average and Student Outcomes Data Notes Newsletter: January/February 2010. Achieving the Dream
Performance Accountability Systems for Community Colleges (for CCRC) November 2009.
Reversing the Course: The Troubled State of Academic Staffing and a Path Forward. American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C. 2009.
Academic Competitiveness and National SMART Grant Programs: First-Year Lessons Learned. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, Policy and Program Studies Service, Washington, D.C., 2009.
Postsecondary Career/Technical Education: Changes in the Number of Offering Institutions and Awarded Credentials from 1997 to 2006. National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, 2008.
“Late-Stop-Outs” Data Notes Newsletter: September/October 2009. Achieving the Dream
“Academic Outcomes of High Risk Students” Data Notes Newsletter: July/August 2009. Achieving the Dream.
College Admissions: What are Students Learning? Education Conservancy, 2008.
Mapping Internationalization of U.S. Campuses: 2008 Edition. American Council on Education, Washington, DC, 2008.
The American College President: 2007 Edition. American Council on Education, Washington, DC: 2007.
The Future of Proprietary Post-secondary Education. On the Horizon, 2006.
Selected Publications
Students
How to Graduate High-Risk Students: Lessons from Successful For-Profit Colleges and Schools, Student Financial Aid Research Network Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, June 11, 2010
Raising the Graduation Rates of Low-Income College Students. The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, Washington, DC: 2004.
"Access and Choice" Update Vol. 9, No. 1. National Education Association, Washington, DC: January 2003.
An Issue of Equity. Condition of Access: Higher Education for Lower Income Students, Donald Heller. American Council on Education and Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT: p. 25-44, 2002.
Student Ability, Student Aid, Student Access. Greentree Gazette. p. 26-27, November 2002.
Student Debt in California: an Analysis of Trends and Issues (with Lawrence E. Gladieux). EdFund, Rancho Cordova, CA: September 2001.
Credit Card Use by Undergraduates: California and the Nation (with Lawrence E. Gladieux). EdFund, Rancho Cordova, CA: September 2001.
Middle Income Undergraduates: Where They Enroll and How They Pay for Their Education (NCES 2001-155). National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: August 2001.
Undergraduates Enrolled With Higher Sticker Prices 1995-96 (NCES 2001-171). U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Washington, DC: March 2001.
Faculty/Staff
"The Other Staff" Update Vol. 9, No. 2. National Education Association, Washington, DC: February 2003.
"Instructional Technology Comes of Age" Update Vol. 8, No. 1. National Education Association, Washington, DC: February 2002.
Institutions
Key Trends in Higher Education: A Review of the Data, American Academic, p. 21-36, American Federation of Teachers, Washington, DC, June 2004.
"Institutional Graduation Rates" Research Update Vol. 10, No. 3. National Education Association, Washington, DC. May 2004
"Why Are College Prices Increasing, and What Should We Do About It?" Update Vol. 9, No. 5. National Education Association, Washington, DC. December 2003.
"Higher Education: Who Benefits?" Update Vol. 9, No. 3.National Education Association, Washington, DC. May 2003.
“Should Colleges be Held Accountable for Graduation Rates?” Greentree Gazette. p. 24-25, January 2003.
Survey of American College Presidents 2000. American Council on Education, Washington, DC: March 2001.
"Enrollment Projections" Update Vol. 6, No. 5. National Education Association, Washington, DC. November 2000.
State and Federal
“Public Policy and College Access: Investigating the Federal and State Roles in Equalizing Postsecondary Opportunity,” in Readings on Equal Education, Volume 19 (Edward P. St. John, ed.), 2004.
“How Big is Big?” Greentree Gazette. p. 42, January 2004.
Everything is Up: State Support, Student Aid and Student Loans Greentree Gazette. p. 28-29, March 2003.
Economic Impact of the College of Southern Maryland on Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary’s Counties. College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD: July 2001.