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Stephen L. DesJardins

Professor; Director, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education

Stephen L. DesJardins teaches courses related to public policy in higher education, economics and finances in postsecondary education, statistical methods, and institutional research and policy analysis. His research interests include student transitions from high school to college, what happens to students once they enroll in college, the economics of postsecondary education, and applying new statistical techniques to the study of these issues. His research has been published widely in education and economics journals. He is also on the editorial board of Economics of Education Review, is a contributing editor to Research in Higher Education, and is the methodology section editor for Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research.

DesJardins received a BS in economics from Northern Michigan University, an MA in policy analysis and labor economics from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, and a PhD in higher education with a concentration in research and evaluation methods, also from the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining academia, he worked in market research in the private sector and was a policy analyst and institutional researcher for 13 years at the University of Minnesota.
 

DesJardins teaches courses in the following program(s): Public Policy in Postsecondary Education;Research, Evaluation, and Assessment;Education and Statistics (Dual Degree).

Selected Publications

Rong Chen and Stephen L. DesJardins (2010) Investigating the Impact of Financial Aid on Student Dropout Risks: Racial and Ethnic Differences. Journal of Higher Education, 81(2): 179-208.

Stephen L. DesJardins, Brian P. McCall, Molly Ott, and Jiyun Kim (2010). A Quasi-Experimental Investigation of How the Gates Millennium Scholars Program is Related to College Students’ Time Use and Activities. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 32(4): 456-475.

Stephen L. DesJardins and Brian P. McCall (2010). Simulating the Effects of Financial Aid Packages on College Student Stopout and Reenrollment Spells and Graduation Chances.  Review of Higher Education, 33(4): 513-541.

Rodney Andrews, Stephen L. DesJardins, and Vimal Ranchhod (2010). Estimating the Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise on Student College Choice. Economics of Education Review, 29(5): 722-737.

Jiyun Kim, Stephen L. DesJardins, and McCall, Brian P. (2009). Exploring the Effects of Student Expectations about Financial Aid on Postsecondary Choice: A Focus on Income and Racial/Ethnic Differences. Research in Higher Education, 50: 741-774.

Rong Chen and Stephen L. DesJardins (2008). Exploring the Effects of Financial Aid on the Gap in Student Dropout Risks by Income Level. Research in Higher Education, 49(1): 1-18.

Stephen L. DesJardins and Nathan Lindsay (2008). Adding a Statistical Wrench to the Toolbox. Research in Higher Education, 49(2): 172-179.

Stephen L. DesJardins, Dennis A. Ahlburg, and Brian P. McCall (2006). The Effects of Interrupted Enrollment on Graduation from College: Racial, Income, and Ability Differences. Economics of Education Review, 25(6): 575-590.

Stephen L. DesJardins, Dennis A. Ahlburg, and Brian P. McCall (2006). An Integrated Model of Application, Admission, Enrollment, and Financial Aid. Journal of Higher Education 77(3): 381-429. 

Affiliations

• Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education

Committees

• Executive Committee
• Academic Leadership Group

Projects

• Studying Student Transitions

Grants

5/1/2007 - 8/31/2007	An Evaluation of the Kalamazoo Promise Granting Agency: U-M Center for Local, State, and Urban Planning
6/1/2007 - 12/31/2007	Are There Answers in "The Toolbox (Revisited)"? Granting Agency: Spencer Foundation
4/1/2012 - ongoing	Center for Student Success Granting Agency: Kresge Foundation
2/1/2000 - 1/1/2005	Higher Education Partnership Between the University of Minnesota and Azerbaijan International University Granting Agency: U.S. State Department
3/1/2012 - ongoing	LEAD Scholars Program—Assessment and Outreach Experimentation and Analysis Granting Agency: Kresge Foundation
12/1/2004 - 11/1/2007	Studying Student Transitions to College Granting Agency: Lumina Foundation for Education
6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011	The Effect of High School Curriculum on College Completion Granting Agency: Spencer Foundation
2/7/2000 - 1/7/2002	Transforming General Chemistry Education at the University of Iowa Granting Agency: Pew Grant Program in Course Redesign

Courses

Term	Catalogue Course Description	Syllabus

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