Working Papers

Experimental Evidence of the Impact of Re-Enrollment Campaigns on Long-Term Academic Outcomes 

Justin Ortagus, Hope Allchin, Benjamin Skinner, Melvin Tanner, Isaac McFarlin

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Investigating Why Academically Successful Community College Students Leave College Without a Degree

Justin Ortagus, Benjamin Skinner, Melvin Tanner
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Digitally Divided: The Varying Impacts of Online Enrollment on Degree Completion

Justin Ortagus

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The Role and Influence of Exclusively Online Degree Programs in Higher Education

Justin Ortagus, Rodney Hughes, Hope Allchin

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Navigating Course-Sequencing Decisions and Community College
Pathways for Historically Underserved Student Populations

Justin Ortagus, Olivia Tyler, Jacob Dirghalli

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Grants

Examining the Most Recent PBF Data to Consider the Impact of Updated PBF Policy Designs on ROI

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Funding Source: Arnold Ventures
  • Project Period: 2023 – 2025
  • Funding: $346,320

HBCU Enrollment and Longer-Term Outcomes

  • Principal Investigator: Jon Smith
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Funding Source: Russell Sage Foundation
  • Project Period: 2023 – 2024
  • Funding: $67,273

The Landscape of Local Funding Sources for Community Colleges

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Funding Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Project Period: 2022 – 2023
  • Funding: $400,000

An Evaluation of the Elevation Scholars Program

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Funding Source: Helios Education Foundation
  • Project Period: 2022 – 2023
  • Funding: $55,000

Democratizing High-Quality Course Sequence Knowledge

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Funding Source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Project Period: 2022 – 2024
  • Funding: $509,824

The Return on Investment of College Attendance for Black Students in Florida

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Funding Source: Helios Education Foundation
  • Project Period: 2022 – 2023
  • Funding: $265,000

Experimental Analysis of an Academic Coaching Intervention for Online Student Success

  • Principal Investigator: Frank Fernandez
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Funding Source: Arnold Ventures
  • Project Period: 2022 – 2024
  • Funding: $298,136

The Role and Influence of Online Degree Programs in Higher Education

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Funding Source: Arnold Ventures
  • Project Period: 2021 – 2022
  • Funding: $87,458

iConnect: Improving Access and Success for Underserved Students in Information Technology Programs Through Education-Industry Connections

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Co-Principal Investigators: Pasha Antonenko, Lindsay Lynch, Kendall St. Hilaire, Clifford Kemp
  • Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  • Project Period: 2020 – 2023
  • Funding: $600,000

An Examination of the Enrollment and Persistence Outcomes of the Florida College Student Re-Enrollment Demonstration

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Isaac McFarlin
  • Funding Source: Helios Education Foundation
  • Project Period: 2020 – 2021
  • Funding: $115,000

National Evidence of Enrollment Shifts and Labor Market Outcomes Following the Great Recession

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Rodney Hughes
  • Funding Source: Laura and John Arnold Foundation
  • Project Period: 2020
  • Funding: $36,968

Building New Evidence for Designing Performance-Based Funding Policies to Reduce Inequality

  • Principal Investigator: Kelly Rosinger
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus, Robert Kelchen
  • Funding Source: William T. Grant Foundation
  • Project Period: 2020 – 2021
  • Funding: $25,000

The Effects of Variations in Performance-Based Funding Policies on Student Access, Success, and Labor Market Outcomes

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Co-Principal Investigators: Kelly Rosinger, Robert Kelchen
  • Funding Source: Laura and John Arnold Foundation/Joyce Foundation
  • Project Period: 2019-2021
  • Funding: $373,590

Examining the Impact of Variations in Performance-Based Funding Policies on Reducing Inequality in Student Outcomes

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Kelly Rosinger, Robert Kelchen
  • Funding Source: William T. Grant Foundation
  • Project Period: 2019 – 2020
  • Funding: $204,528

Guided Pathways for Student Success at Access-Oriented Four-Year Institutions

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Co-Principal Investigators: Rodney Hughes, Sosanya Jones, Andrew Koricich
  • Funding Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Project Period: 2018 – 2019
  • Funding: $355,997

Florida College Student Re-Enrollment Demonstration: An Experimental Analysis

  • Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Isaac McFarlin, Dennis Kramer
  • Funding Source: Helios Education Foundation
  • Project Period: 2017 – 2019
  • Funding: $300,000