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View article: Anti-inflammatory reliever therapy for asthma using inhaled budesonide/formoterol as-needed with or without maintenance in South African children (AIR-SA 001): a description of a randomised clinical trial protocol
Anti-inflammatory reliever therapy for asthma using inhaled budesonide/formoterol as-needed with or without maintenance in South African children (AIR-SA 001): a description of a randomised clinical trial protocol Open
Background Asthma is the most common non-communicable disease among children, with increasing prevalence. The current standard of care in high-income countries in adults and adolescents includes the use of combination inhaled corticosteroi…
View article: Can information and advising affect postsecondary participation and attainment for military personnel? Evidence from a large‐scale experiment with the U.S. Army
Can information and advising affect postsecondary participation and attainment for military personnel? Evidence from a large‐scale experiment with the U.S. Army Open
Despite generous financial aid, military veterans have high rates of undermatch and generally poor postsecondary outcomes. We conducted a large‐scale, multi‐arm field experiment with the U.S. Army to investigate whether personalized inform…
View article: Are algorithms biased in education? Exploring racial bias in predicting community college student success
Are algorithms biased in education? Exploring racial bias in predicting community college student success Open
Predictive analytics are increasingly pervasive in higher education. However, algorithmic bias has the potential to reinforce racial inequities in postsecondary success. We provide a comprehensive and translational investigation of algorit…
View article: Predictive Analytics in Higher Education: The Promises and Challenges of Using Machine Learning to Improve Student Success
Predictive Analytics in Higher Education: The Promises and Challenges of Using Machine Learning to Improve Student Success Open
Colleges are increasingly turning to predictive analytics to identify “at-risk” students in order to target additional supports. While recent research demonstrates that the types of prediction models in use are reasonably accurate at ident…
View article: Negative Impacts From the Shift to Online Learning During the COVID-19 Crisis: Evidence From a Statewide Community College System
Negative Impacts From the Shift to Online Learning During the COVID-19 Crisis: Evidence From a Statewide Community College System Open
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an abrupt shift from in-person to virtual instruction in the spring of 2020. We use two complementary difference-in-differences frameworks: one that leverages within-instructor-by-course variation on whether st…
View article: Bringing Transparency to Predictive Analytics: A Systematic Comparison of Predictive Modeling Methods in Higher Education
Bringing Transparency to Predictive Analytics: A Systematic Comparison of Predictive Modeling Methods in Higher Education Open
Colleges have increasingly turned to predictive analytics to target at-risk students for additional support. Most of the predictive analytic applications in higher education are proprietary, with private companies offering little transpare…
View article: Who Should Re-enroll in College? The Academic and Labor Market Profile of Adults with Substantial College Credits But No Degree
Who Should Re-enroll in College? The Academic and Labor Market Profile of Adults with Substantial College Credits But No Degree Open
Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 health and economic crisis, and a sizable share of these job losses may be permanent. Unemployment rates are particularly high among adults without a college de…
View article: Nudging at Scale: Experimental Evidence from FAFSA Completion Campaigns
Nudging at Scale: Experimental Evidence from FAFSA Completion Campaigns Open
Do nudge interventions that have generated positive impacts at a local level maintain efficacy when scaled state or nationwide?What specific mechanisms explain the positive impacts of promising smaller-scale nudges?We investigate, through …
View article: Essays on Financial Aid Application and Distribution Policies
Essays on Financial Aid Application and Distribution Policies Open
The topic of college affordability is more important and salient than ever before. Over the past several decades, the cost of higher education and the characteristics of the population of students participating in higher education have cha…