Research

Publications

Curs, B., Harper, C., Frey, C., & Wolak, B. (2022). The effect of college football bowl game participation on student-athlete academic outcomes and team athletic success. Research in Higher Education. Advance online publication. (Click here for read only access)

Jaquette, O., & Curs, B. (2022). Enrollment growth and faculty hiring at public research universities. Research in Higher Education. Advance online publication. (Click here for read only access)

Curs, B., Harper, C., Kumbal, J. (2022). Institutional inequities in the prevalence of registration sanctions at a flagship public university. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication.

Kalatozi, N., & Curs, B. (2021). Crime at U.S. higher education institutions: An examination of student, organizational, and community characteristics. Journal of Higher Education Management, 36(2), 117-131.

Jaquette, O., Kramer, D. A., & Curs, B.R. (2018). Growing the pie? The effect of responsibility center management on tuition revenue. Journal of Higher Education, 89(5), 637-676.

Curs, B. R.,& Jaquette, O. (2017). Crowded out? The effect of nonresident enrollment on resident access to public research universities.Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 39(4), 644-669.

Munoz, J., Harrington, J., Curs, B. R., & Ehlert, M. (2016). Democratization and diversion: The effect of Missouri's A+ schools program on postsecondary enrollment. Journal of Higher Education, 87(6), 801-830.

Jaquette, O., Curs, B. R., & Posselt, J. R. (2016). Tuition rich, mission poor: Nonresident enrollment growth and the socioeconomic and racial composition of public research universities. The Journal of Higher Education, 87(5), 635-673.

Harrington, J., Munoz, J., Curs, B. R., & Ehlert, M. (2016). Examining the impact of a highly targeted state administered merit aid program on brain drain: Evidence from a regression discontinuity analysis of Missouri’s Bright Flight program. Research in Higher Education, 57(4), 423-447.

Jaquette, O. & Curs, B. R. (2015). Creating the out-of-state university: Do public universities increase nonresident freshman enrollment in response to declining state appropriations? Research in Higher Education, 56(6), 535-565.

Beyers, S. J., Lembke, E. S., & Curs, B. R. (2013). Social studies progress monitoring and intervention for middle school students. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 38(4), 224-235.

Clem, D., Donaldson, J., Curs, B. R., Anderson, S., & Hdeib, M. (2013). The role of spatial ability as a probable ability determinant in skill acquisition for sonographic scanning. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

Curs, B. R. & Harper, C. E. (2012). Financial aid and first-year collegiate GPA: A regression discontinuity approach. The Review of Higher Education, 35, 627-649.

Curs, B. R., Bhandari, B., & Steiger, C. (2011). The roles of public higher education expenditure and the privatization of higher education on U.S. state economic growth. Journal of Education Finance 36, 424-441.

Curs, B. R., & Singell, L. D., Jr. (2010). Aim high or go low? Pricing strategies and enrollment effects when the net price elasticity varies with need and ability. Journal of Higher Education, 81, 515-543.

Saupe, J. L., & Curs, B. R. (2008). Deriving enrollment management scores from ACT Data. IR Applications, 16, 1-16.

Curs, B.R. (2008). The effect of institutional merit-based aid on enrollment decisions of needy students. Enrollment Management Journal, 2(1), 10-31.

Curs, B. R., Singell, L. D., Jr., & Waddell, G. R. (2007). Money for nothing? The institutional impact of changes in federal aid policy. Education Finance and Policy, 2, 228-261.

Curs, B. R., Singell, L. D., Jr., & Waddell, G. R. (2007). The Pell program at thirty years. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education: Handbook of theory and research: Vol. XXII (pp. 281-334). New York: Springer.

Singell, L. D., Jr., Waddell, G. R., & Curs, B. R. (2006). Hope for the Pell? The impact of merit-aid on needy students. Southern Economic Journal, 73, 79-99.

Curs, B. R., & Singell, L. D., Jr. (2002). An analysis of the application and enrollment processes for in-state and out-of-state students at a large public university. Economics of Education Review, 21, 111-124.