Higher ed spends more money on educating students from affluent families. Two researchers tried, but failed, to find a justifiable reason why.

A new brief by a prominent scholar argues that some criticisms of the University of California’s test-free policy are predicated on assertions that simply aren’t true.

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Wealthy students with high standardized test scores make up the majority of students at the most selective universities, which also spend far more on student instruction than less selective institutio...

Higher education’s admissions hierarchy is also a spending hierarchy. The students who arrive with the most advantages often receive the most resources.

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Under the test-blind policy, more students are thrown into classes for which they are unprepared.

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Berkeley, May 4, 2026 – Community college students who receive CalFresh during their first year of college are more likely to stay on track academically and return for a second year, according to a ne...

New California Policy Lab research shows who's leaving California, where they go, and whether it pays off.

Using unique data, this report shows who is moving out of California, where they move to, and whether it pays off.

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2011 was awarded jointly to Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims "for their empirical research on cause and effect in th...

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