education policy analysis archives

Laura W. Perna
https://www.gse.upenn.edu/academics/faculty-directory/perna

University of Pennsylvania
United States

Laura W. Perna is Vice Provost for Faculty, GSE Centennial Presidential Professor of Education, and Executive Director of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on identifying how social structures, educational practices, and public policies promote and limit college access and success, particularly for students from groups that are underrepresented in higher education.

Jeremy Wright-Kim
University of Pennsylvania
United States

Jeremy Wright-Kim is a PhD Candidate in Higher Education at University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. His research agenda attempts to identify and address structural and institutional inequities that hinder American higher education from delivering on its promise of educational equity for all students, with a particular focus on community colleges as engines for opportunity.

Elaine W. Leigh
University of Pennsylvania
United States

Elaine W. Leigh is a PhD Candidate in Higher Education at University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. Her research interests include policies and practices that address inequities in postsecondary access and completion for underrepresented students across the P-20 pipeline and the role of postsecondary education in community and economic development.