Working Papers

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

Justin Ortagus, Benjamin Skinner, Melvin Tanner

Digitally Divided: The Varying Impacts of Online Enrollment on Degree Completion

Justin Ortagus

Grants

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 SourceNational Science Foundation
  • Project Period: 2020 – 2023
  • Funding: $600,000

Equity and Effectiveness of State Higher Education Funding Policies

  • Principal Investigator: Kelly Rosinger
  • Co-Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus, Dominique Baker, Robert Kelchen
  • Funding SourceBill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Project Period: 2020 – 2022
  • Funding: $549,946

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 SourceHelios 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 SourceWilliam 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