Research

Publications 


Curs, B., Harper, C., Kumbal, J. (2024). Institutional inequities in the prevalence of registration sanctions at a flagship public university. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. 17(4), 481-492. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000432


Slaten, C. D., Wadley, K., Harris, P. C., Sebastian, B., Lee, J., & Curs, B. R. (2024). “We try to build relationships”: The role of school community and belonging on career preparedness. Journal of Career Development, advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453241271375


Harper, C., Curs, B. R., Beasley, J., Mao, X., & Green, J. R. (2023). A Brief Budgeting Intervention’s Association With Financial Self-Efficacy in a College Student Success Course. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 34(3), 393-403. https://doi.org/10.1891/JFCP-2022-0060 


Curs, B., Harper, C., Frey, C., & Wolak, B. (2023). The effect of college football bowl game participation on student-athlete academic outcomes and team athletic success. Research in Higher Education, 64(4), 497-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-022-09710-x  


Jaquette, O., & Curs, B. (2023). Enrollment growth and faculty hiring at public research universities. Research in Higher Education, 64(3), 349-378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-022-09707-6   

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.