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Brent Evans

Brent Evans
Brent Evans
Brent Evans

Brent (bjevans@stanford.edu) is a doctoral student in Higher Education at Stanford University and an IES Pre-doctoral Fellow. He received a BA from the University of Virginia in Physics and American Government, an MEd in Higher Education from Harvard University, and an MA in Economics from Stanford University. Brent's professional experience includes teaching at Haileybury College in England, working in undergraduate admissions at the University of Virginia, and conducting research and policy analysis on federal financial aid in Washington DC for the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. Working in collaboration with Eric Bettinger, his current research interests focus on higher education access and persistence.

Faculty Advisors: Eric Bettinger, Susanna Loeb, Anthony Antonio



Improving college performance and retention the easy way: Unpacking the ACT exam. Eric P. Bettinger, Brent Evans, Devin G. Pope. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Forthcoming.
Setting Aside the Course Reader: The Legal, Economic, and Pedagogical Reasons. Brent Evans, John Willinsky. Innovative Higher Education, 38(5), Forthcoming.
College Admission Testing in America. Brent Evans. In Stead, V. (Ed.), International Perspectives in Higher Education Admission Policy: A reader, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Forthcoming.
The Role of Intergovernmental Relations in K-12 to Higher Education Transitions. Michael W. Kirst, Michael D. Usdan, Brent Evans, Jon Valant. 2011.
Name: Brent Evans

Research Interests: College Access and Persistence, Admission and Financial Aid Policy, College Student Success

Area of Study: Economics of Higher Education

Education:
  • Stanford University, Ph.D. Higher Education, Expected 2013
  • Stanford University, M.A. Economics, 2012
  • Harvard University, M.Ed. Higher Education, 2006
  • University of Virginia, B.A. Physics & American Government, 2002

Home region: Newport News, VA

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