Patrick J. Wolf
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Distinguished Professor
Also affiliated: Brigham Young University (2008); Western Carolina University (2023); Heritage Foundation (2023); Cato Institute (2023); University of Wisconsin–Madison (2019); University of America (2023); Georgetown University (1998–2006); Universidad de América (2023); Columbia University (1995–1997)
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Patrick J. Wolf is Distinguished Professor of Education Policy and the 21st Century Endowed Chair in School Choice in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions. His research agenda primarily focuses on the study of school choice initiatives, including longitudinal evaluations of school voucher programs. He has served as principal investigator for major studies of school choice in Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Louisiana.
Wolf's research has been supported by 34 research grants and contracts totaling nearly $22 million. He has authored or co-authored four books and over 150 journal articles, book chapters, and policy reports. His scholarly work addresses school choice, civic values, special education, public management, and campaign finance. Wolf's work on school choice is accessible through the School Choice Demonstration Project website.
His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 31, with 268 total publications and 3,145 citations. Wolf has collaborated with researchers such as Alison Johnson, Sarah Ruth Morris, Robert Maranto, and Albert Cheng.
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- h-index: 30
- Publications: 236
- Citations: 2,990
Positions
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Distinguished Professor 2014–presentUniversity of Arkansas Department of Education Reform ORCID
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Associate Professor 1998–2006Georgetown University Georgetown Public Policy Institute ORCID
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Assitant Professor 1994–1998Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs ORCID
Selected Publications
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Universal School Vouchers and Education Savings Accounts Are Good Policies (2025)
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Private School Choice Programs Should and Will Continue to Expand (2025)
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Benjamin Franklin: Lover of Liberty and Learning (2024)
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Which Police Departments Make Black Lives Matter? (2024)
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Funding Students Instead of Systems: The Case for School Choice (2023)
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Benjamin Franklin: Lover of Liberty and Learning (2023)
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The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from the United States (2023)
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How Within-Study Comparisons can Inform Research and Evaluation Design for the Third Sector (2022)
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The History of ISCRC from Nova Southeastern to Dublin (2021)
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The Politics of Institutional Reform: Katrina, Education, and the Second Face of Power (2021)
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Making Violence Transparent: Ranking Police Departments in Major U.S. Cities to Make Black Lives Matter (2020)
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Experimental results from a four-year targeted education voucher program in the slums of Delhi, India (2019)
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Private School Choice and Crime: Evidence From Milwaukee (2019)
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The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from Florida (2019)
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- School Vouchers and Student Attainment: Evidence from a State‐Mandated Study of Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program
- Conducting Experiments in Public Management Research: A Practical Guide
- Customer Satisfaction and Educational Outcomes: Experimental Impacts of the Market-Based Delivery of Public Education
- School Governance and Information: Does Choice Lead to Better-Informed Parents?
- Evaluation of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program: Summary of Experimental Impacts after Three Years.
- School Vouchers and Student Attainment: Evidence from a State‐Mandated Study of Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program
- Similar Students, Different Choices
- Going Public
- High-Stakes Choice
- School Vouchers and Student Attainment: Evidence from a State‐Mandated Study of Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program
- Similar Students, Different Choices
- Going Public
- High-Stakes Choice
- School Vouchers and Student Attainment: Evidence from a State‐Mandated Study of Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program
- Similar Students, Different Choices
- Going Public
- High-Stakes Choice
- A Review of the Empirical Research on Private School Choice
- The Impact of Targeted School Vouchers on Racial Stratification in Louisiana Schools
- Experimental results from a four-year targeted education voucher program in the slums of Delhi, India
- Finding the Right Fit: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Milwaukee Choice Schools
- The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from Florida
- Private School Choice and Crime: Evidence From Milwaukee
- The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from the United States
- Funding Students Instead of Systems: The Case for School Choice
- Cops, Teachers, and the Art of the Impossible: Explaining the Lack of Diffusion of Innovations That Make Impossible Jobs Possible
- Making Violence Transparent: Ranking Police Departments in Major U.S. Cities to Make Black Lives Matter
- Which Police Departments Make Black Lives Matter?
- Parent and Student Voices on the First Year of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program
- Finding the Right Fit: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in Milwaukee Choice Schools
- Introduction to the Special Section
- The History of ISCRC from Nova Southeastern to Dublin
- Vouchers in the Bayou: The Effects of the Louisiana Scholarship Program on Student Achievement After 2 Years
- The Impact of Targeted School Vouchers on Racial Stratification in Louisiana Schools
- Using “Broken” Lotteries to Check the Validity of Charter School Evaluations Using Matching Designs
- How Within-Study Comparisons can Inform Research and Evaluation Design for the Third Sector
- The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from Florida
- The Effects of Regulations on Private School Choice Program Participation: Experimental Evidence from the United States
- Conducting Experiments in Public Management Research: A Practical Guide
- Conducting Experiments in Public Management Research: A Practical Guide
- Conducting Experiments in Public Management Research: A Practical Guide
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