Angela Boatman. Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education Vanderbilt University, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations

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1 230 Appleton Place Nashville, TN Angela Boatman Telephone: (office) CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education Vanderbilt University, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations Present AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION College access and completion; remedial and developmental education; community college student success; postsecondary instruction and course delivery models; the economics of colleges and universities; the effects of financial aid on enrollment and persistence; research study design and policy evaluation EDUCATION Postdoctoral Scholar Stanford University, Center for Education Policy Analysis - Palo Alto, CA Ed.D., Higher Education concentration 2012 Harvard University, Graduate School of Education - Cambridge, MA Master of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 2006 Master of Arts in Education, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education 2006 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI B.A., Journalism 2000 University of Minnesota - Minneapolis, MN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Interim Allston Burr Resident Dean 2011 Eliot House, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA Graduate Fellow, Strategic Data Project Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Policy Intern 2005 State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), Boulder, CO Associate Director, Leadership Programs Office University of Minnesota, Office of the Vice-President for Campus Life, Minneapolis, MN HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS Emerging Education Policy Scholar Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Young Academic Fellow Lumina Foundation and the Institute of Higher Education Policy (IHEP) Graduate Fellow Ford Foundation and the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University Updated January 2014

2 Page 2 PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters Under Review Bettinger, Eric, Boatman, A., & Long, Bridget Terry (2013). Student Supports: Developmental Education and Other Academic Programs in C. Rouse, L. Barrow, and T. Brock (Eds.), Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Princeton, NJ: Future of Children. Long, Bridget Terry & Boatman, A. (2013). The Role of Remedial and Developmental Courses in Access and Persistence in A. Jones and L. Perna (Eds.), The State of College Access and Completion: Improving College Success for Students from Underrepresented Groups. London: Routledge International Studies in Higher Education. Boatman, A. Evaluating Institutional Efforts to Streamline Postsecondary Remediation: The Causal Effects of the Tennessee Developmental Course Redesign Initiative. Also available as a National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) Working Paper, June Working Papers Boatman, A. Peer Effects in Postsecondary Developmental Education: Examining the Merger of Remedial and College-level Math Courses" Boatman, A. & Soliz, Adela. Community College Transfer and Student Success: Do academic pathways ease the transition from community colleges to four-year institutions? Boatman, A. & Claro, Susana. The Effects of Remedial Math on Student Outcomes: Evidence from an International Study of Open-Access Campuses in Chile Boatman, A. & Bettinger, Eric. The Impact of Dual Enrollment Programs on Postsecondary Outcomes in Colorado Boatman, A. & Long, Bridget Terry. Does Remediation Work for All Students? How the Effects of Postsecondary Remedial and Developmental Courses Vary by Level of Academic Preparation. Also available as a National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) Working Paper, September Boatman, A. & Long, Bridget Terry. Does Financial Aid Impact College Student Engagement?: The Effects of the Gates Millennium Scholarship on Academic and Extracurricular Behaviors. Technical Reports Boatman, A. (forthcoming). Innovations in Developmental Education. Policy Paper for the American Enterprise Institute. Boatman, A. & Long, Bridget Terry. (2008). Does Financial Aid Impact Collegiate Success?: The Effects of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program on Academic Performance and Behaviors Report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Institute of Higher Education Policy. Bert, Melissa, Long, Bridget Terry, & Boatman, A. (2008). Does Financial Aid affect the Likelihood of Minority Students Entering a STEM Discipline?: The Effects of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program. Report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Institute of Higher Education Policy.

3 Page 3 Boatman, A. & L Orange, Hans. (2006) Survey of State Tuition, Fee, and Financial Assistance Policies for Public Colleges and Universities. Final Report. Boulder, CO: State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO). Boatman, A. (2005). Issue Priorities and Trends in State Higher Education. State Higher Education Executive Officers Annual Report. Boulder, CO: State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO). RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Invited Presentations Teachers College, Columbia University December 2013 Economics and Education Ph.D. Seminar Peer Effects in Postsecondary Developmental Education: Examining the Merger of Remedial and College-level Math Courses" University of California- Davis May 2013 School of Education Ph.D. Seminar The role of Remediation, research and policy in College Access and Success Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (ACSFA) April 2012 Seminar Series, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, with Bridget Long The Role of Remediation and Developmental Courses in Access and Persistence National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) June 2012 Developmental Education Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY Evaluating Institutional Efforts to Streamline Postsecondary Remediation: The Causal Effects of the Tennessee Developmental-Course Redesign Initiative on Early Student Academic Success City University of New York, Office of Policy Research April 2011 Higher Education Policy Seminar, New York, NY Does Remediation Work for All Students? National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) June 2010 Developmental Education Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY, with Bridget Long The Effects of Remedial and Developmental Courses on Students with Different Levels of Preparation Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations Peer Effects in Postsecondary Remedial Education Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM), Washington, D.C. November 2013 Evaluating the Impact of GEAR-UP in Colorado Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), St. Louis, MO November 2013 Access, Readiness, and Remediation: Analyzing Complimentary and Contradictory Policies Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), St. Louis, MO November 2013 A Cost-Effectiveness Exploration of Strategies Designed to Improve College Access and Success for Underprepared Students Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), New Orleans, LA March 2013

4 Page 4 Evaluating Efforts to Streamline Postsecondary Remediation: The Causal Effects of the Tennessee Developmental-Course Redesign Initiative on Early Student Academic Success American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA April 2013 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Las Vegas, NV November 2012 Does Remediation Work for All Students? The Effects of Remedial and Developmental Courses on Students with Different Levels of Preparation Institute for Educational Sciences (IES) Research Conference, Washington, DC June 2010 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Vancouver, BC November 2009 Does Financial Aid Impact Collegiate Success?: The Causal Effects of the Gates Millennium Scholars Program on Academic Performance and Behaviors Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Jacksonville, FL November 2008 Student Financial Aid Research Network (SFARN), Baltimore, MD June 2008 "Checking Our Balance: State Tuition and Financial Aid Policies in an Era of Dwindling Public Resources Association for Institutional Research (AIR) Chicago, IL, with David Wright May 2006 Other Presentations American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Conference: Degrees of Difficulty: Can American Higher Education Regain Its Edge Washington, DC February 2011 Remediation: The Challenges of Helping Underprepared Students Boston College, Center for International Higher Education Chestnut Hill, MA Market Forces in American Higher Education: Who Pays and How October 2010 Commencement Speaker May 2000 College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota RESEARCH GRANTS AND EXTERNAL FUNDING Research Grant Recipient, Lumina Foundation Exploring New Models of Student Financial Support. Series 2: Exploring Models of Passive Student Loan Repayment Systems (with Brent Evans and Adela Soliz), $75,000. Dissertation Fellowship, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Evaluating Institutional Efforts to Streamline Postsecondary Remediation: The Causal Effects of the Tennessee Developmental-Course Redesign Initiative on Early Student Academic Success, $20,000 Research Grant Recipient, Ford Foundation The Role of Quasi-Experimental Designs in College Financial Aid Research and Using HLM Techniques in State Data Analysis: A Focus on Remedial Education, $10,000 Research Grant Recipient, Harvard Graduate School of Education 2009 Remedial Mathematics Education and College Student Persistence: Evidence from Tennessee, $3,000 Research Grant Recipient, The Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) Examining the Effects of Financial Support on the College Persistence and Completion Rates of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students of Color: An Evaluation of the Gates Millennium Scholar Program (with Bridget Terry Long and Melissa Bert), $10,000

5 Page 5 UNIVERSITY TEACHING Vanderbilt University HEA 3500: The Economics of Colleges and Universities (Graduate) Spring 2014 HOD 1800: Public Policy (Undergraduate) Spring 2014 HEA: 3500: Colleges and University Management (Graduate) Fall 2013 Advising Ph.D. Students: Gingle Lee Higher Education Administration Masters Students: 5 Brown University Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis for Education (Graduate) Spring 2010 & 2011 Evaluating the Impact of Social Programs (Undergraduate) Fall 2010 University of Michigan Department of Psychology, Careers (Undergraduate) Fall 2004-Spring 2006 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Referee: Economics of Education Review, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Higher Education, American Educational Research Journal- Social and Institutional Analysis (AERJ/SIA), Community College Review, Journal of College Student Development Discussant: Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM), Washington, D.C Labor Market Returns to Community College Student Pathways Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP), New Orleans, LA 2013 The College Pipeline Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM), Baltimore, MD 2012 Re-Examining Higher Education Policies in the Wake of the Great Recession Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Indianapolis, IN 2010 Institutional Strategies for the Postsecondary Success of Under-Prepared Students: The Latest Research Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM), Boston, MA 2010 Learning Communities: Improving Community College Retention and Graduation Rates Committee Membership: Harvard Graduate School of Education Committee on Rights and Responsibilities Faculty Search Committee, Higher Education Policy Search Doctoral Admissions Committee