Publications

Soliz, A. (2025) Improving Community College Student Persistence and Degree Completion. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Soliz, A. & Rubin, B. (2025) The Relationship Between State Funding for Higher Education and Student Outcomes at Public, Two-Year Minority Serving Institutions. Denver, CO: State Higher Education Executive Officers.

Soliz, A. & Flanagan, C. (2025). Do state financial aid policies increase college enrollment and completion for adult learners? The Journal of Higher Education.

Soliz, A. & Mesa, H. (2024). Improving community college to university transfer. Education Finance and Policy. Working Paper Version.

Minaya, V., & Soliz, A. (2024). The Economic Returns to Master’s Degrees: Evidence from a Large, Urban Public University System. Washington, D.C.: Postsecondary Equity and Economics Research Project.

Jepsen, C. & Soliz, A. (2024). The Multiple Missions of Community Colleges. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. Oxford University Press.

Mesa, H. & Soliz, A. (2023). How community college students leverage resources and overcome challenges to achieve transfer goals. Community College Journal of Research and Practice.

Soliz, A. (2023). Career and technical education at community colleges: A review of the literature. AERA Open.

Soliz, A., DeLoach, C., & Mesa, H. (2023). How do community and technical colleges build cross-sector collaborations? The Journal of Higher Education.

Soliz, A. & Ecton, W. (2022). The role of stimulus funding in increasing and improving vocational training at community colleges. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

DeLoach, C., Soliz, A., & Mesa, H. (2022). Building community and technical college capacity through state funding. Community College Review.

Evans, B., Boatman, A., & Soliz, A. (2019). Framing and labeling effects in preferences for borrowing for college: An experimental analysis. Research in Higher Education.

Soliz, A. (2018). The effects of the expansion of for-profit colleges on student enrollments and outcomes at community colleges. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Boatman, A. & Soliz, A. (2018). Community college pathways: Factors affecting persistence and degree attainment at public two-year colleges.  Education Finance and Policy.

Boatman, A., Evans, B., & Soliz, A. (2017). Understanding loan aversion.  AERA Open.

Soliz, A. & Long, B.T. (2016) Does Working Help or Hurt College Students? The Effect of Federal Work Study Participation on Student Outcomes. New York, NY:The Community College Research Center. 

Bettinger, B. & Soliz, A. (2016) Returns to Vocational Credentials: Evidence from Ohio’s Community and Technical Colleges. New York, NY; The Community College Research Center.

Boatman, A., Evans, B. and Soliz, A. (2014) Applying the Lessons of Behavioral Economics to Student Loan Programs.Indianapolis, IN: Lumina Foundation

The names of student coauthors are underlined. All papers available upon request.