Daniel Sparks Data-verified
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Assistant Professor of Higher Education
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Daniel Sparks' research focuses on higher education finance and policy, with a particular emphasis on community colleges and teacher labor markets. His work investigates the impact of financial aid, such as Pell Grants, on student outcomes and explores the evolving landscape of state-funded initiatives like free college programs. Sparks also examines metrics for STEM transfer program success and the broader implications of work-based policies in higher education.
His recent publications include analyses of student perceptions of higher education, the development of momentum metrics for STEM transfer students, and explorations of state-level free college policies and their eligibility requirements. He has also published on the effects of Pell Grant lifetime eligibility reductions and how Pell Grant aid influences community college student success. His scholarship includes work on contemporary policies and practices related to work-based learning in higher education.
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- h-index: 2
- Publications: 11
- Citations: 15
Selected Publications
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Toward Work-Based Policies in Higher Education: Review of Contemporary Policies and Practices (2026)
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Expanding school counseling: The impacts of California funding changes (2026)
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Toward Work-Based Policies in Higher Education: Review of Contemporary Policies and Practices (2025)
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Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead? Evaluating the Effects of Virginia’s Workforce-Targeted Free College Program (2025)
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Expanding School Counseling: The Impacts of California Funding Changes (2025)
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The Role of Policy Design in Free College Programs: Evidence from Virginia (2025)
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“Waiving” Goodbye to Placement Testing: Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment Through Statewide Policy (2025)
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- Toward a Practical Set of STEM Transfer Program Momentum Metrics
- Measuring STEM Momentum: Early Indicators of STEM Transfer Success for Community College Students
- Toward a Practical Set of STEM Transfer Program Momentum Metrics
- Measuring STEM Momentum: Early Indicators of STEM Transfer Success for Community College Students
- Toward a Practical Set of STEM Transfer Program Momentum Metrics
- Measuring STEM Momentum: Early Indicators of STEM Transfer Success for Community College Students
- The Role of Policy Design in Free College Programs: Evidence from Virginia
- Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead? Evaluating the Effects of Virginia’s Workforce-Targeted Free College Program
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