Madison Dell

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• We Want You Back: Uncovering the Effects on In-Person Instructional Operations in Fall 2020 RESEARCH IN HIGHER EDUCATION Collier, D. A., Fitzpatrick, D., Dell, M., Snideman, S. S., Marsicano, C. R., Kelchen, R., Wells, K. E. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s11162-021-09665-5

  View details for Web of Science ID 000724021000001

• We Want You Back: Uncovering the Effects on In-Person Instructional Operations in Fall 2020. Research in higher education Collier, D. A., Fitzpatrick, D., Dell, M., Snideman, S. S., Marsicano, C. R., Kelchen, R., Wells, K. E. 2021: 1-27

  Abstract

  Postsecondary institutions' responses to COVID-19 are a topic of immediate relevance. Emergent research suggests that partisanship was more strongly linked to institutions offering in-person instruction for Fall 2020 than was COVID-19. Using data from the College Crisis Initiative and a multiple group structural equation modeling approach, we tested the relationships between our outcome of interest (in-person instruction in Fall 2020) and state and county sociopolitical features, state and county COVID-19 rates, and state revenue losses. Our full-sample model suggested that County Political Preferences had the strongest association with in-person instruction, followed by Pandemic Severity and State Sociopolitical Features. Because institutional sectors may be uniquely sensitive to these factors, we tested our models separately on 4-year public, 4-year private, and 2-year public and 2-year private institutions. State Sociopolitical Features were significantly related to in-person instruction for 4-year private and 2-year public institutions but were strongest for 4-year public institutions. For 4-year private and 2-year public institutions, County Political Preferences' effect sizes were 2-3 times stronger than effects from State Sociopolitical Features. Pandemic Severity was significantly, negatively related to in-person instruction for 4-year private and 2-year public institutions-similar in magnitude to State Sociopolitical Features. Our analysis revealed that COVID-19 played a stronger role in determining in-person instruction in Fall 2020 than initial research using less sophisticated methods suggested-and while State Sociopolitical Features may have played a role in the decision, 4-year private and 2-year public institutions were more sensitive to county-level preferences.

  View details for DOI 10.1007/s11162-021-09665-5

  View details for PubMedID 34866763

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• The Hidden Costs of Corroboration: Estimating the Effects of Financial Aid Verification on College Enrollment EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND POLICY ANALYSIS Lee, J. C., Dell, M., Gonzalez Canche, M. S., Monday, A., Klafehn, A. 2021

  View details for DOI 10.3102/0162373721989304

  View details for Web of Science ID 000620305400001