Other Research Reports

Long, B. T. (2017) Helping Women to Succeed in Higher Education: Supporting the Non-Traditional College Student with Child Care. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution and the Hamilton Project.

Long, B. T. and Monnica Chan. (2017) Massachusetts State Student Aid Program Study. Prepared for the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education.

Long, B. T. (2016) State Support for Higher Education: How Changing the Distribution of Funds Could Improve College Completion Rates. National Commission on Financing 21st Century Higher Education.  University of Virginia, Miller Center.

Long, B. T. and Laura Kavazanjian. (2012) Affirmative Action in Tertiary Education: A Meta-Analysis of Global Policies and Practices. Report prepared for The World Bank.

Long, B. T. (2010) Grading Higher Education: Giving Consumers the Information They Need.  Washington, D.C.: The Center for American Progress and The Hamilton Project, December.

Calcagno, Juan Carlos and B. T. Long. (2009) “Evaluating the Impact of Remedial Education in Florida Community Colleges: A Quasi-Experimental Regression Discontinuity Design.” National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) Policy Brief, August.

Long, B. T. and Anjali Adukia. (2009) The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Tertiary Education Worldwide. Report prepared for The World Bank.

Baum, Sandy, Michael McPherson, Thomas Bailey, Steven Brooks, Charles Clotfelter, Susan Dynarski, Ronald Ehrenberg, Carl Kaestle, Tom Kane, Bridget Terry Long, Marshall Smith, William Troutt, and Jane Wellman. (2008) Fulfilling the Commitment: Recommendations for Reforming Federal Student Aid. Report from the Rethinking Student Aid Study Group. Spencer Foundation, Lumina Foundation, and the College Board.

Boatman, Angela and B. T. Long. (2008) Does Financial Aid Impact Collegiate Success? The Effects of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program on Academic Performance and Behaviors. Report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Institute of Higher Education Policy.

Bert, Melissa, B. T. Long, and Angela Boatman. (2008) Does Financial Aid affect the Likelihood of Minority Students Entering a STEM Discipline? The Effects of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. Report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Institute of Higher Education Policy.

Long, B. T., Clantha McCurdy, and Jamie Merisotis. (2006) Final Report from the Task Force on Student Financial Aid. Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. [lead author]

Long, B. T. with Dana Ansel and Greg Leiserson. (2006) Paying for College: The Rising Cost of Higher Education. Boston, MA: MassINC. [lead author]

Long, B. T. (2006) Estimates of the Returns from Increased Educational Attainment. Dallas, TX: Best Associates.

Long, B. T. (2005) State Financial Aid: Policies to Enhance Articulation and Transfer. Boulder, CO: Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, Changing Direction Project.

Reville, S. Paul, Celine Coggins, Jennifer Candon, Kathryn McDermott, Andrew Churchill, and B. T. Long. (2005) Reaching Capacity: A Blueprint for the State Role in Improving Low Performing Schools and Districts. Boston, MA: Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy at MassINC.

Choitz, Victoria, Laura Dowd, and B. T. Long. (2004) Getting Serious About Lifelong Learning: Improving the Use and Value of the Hope and Lifetime Learning Tax Credits for Working Adults Students. Arlington, MA: FutureWorks. [equal authorship]

 

Dictionary Entries and Book Reviews

Long, B. T. (forthcoming) “College Access.” New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics.  Ed., Bruce Weinberg.

Long, B. T. (2017) “Access to Higher Education: Barriers to Enrollment and Choice.” Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Jung Cheol Shin and Pedro Teixeira, Eds. Section: “Mass and Elite Higher Education in 21st Century.”

Long, B. T. (2017) “Access to Higher Education: Affirmative Action.” Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Jung Cheol Shin and Pedro Teixeira, Eds. Section: “Mass and Elite Higher Education in 21st Century.”

Long, B. T. (2012) “Financial Aid and Access to Higher Education.” Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education. James A. Banks, Ed. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.

Long, B. T. (2002) Book Review: American Education & Corporations: The Free Market Goes To School. By D. Boyles. Teachers College Record, vol. 104, no. 5.