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Citations
9718
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4349
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2079

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Edward P. St. John is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Political Science and International Relations, Education, Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, and Safety Research. They have contributed notably to areas concerning global educational policies, higher education governance, research studies in higher education, and issues related to educational inequality and multiculturalism.

The scientist's frequent research topics include:

  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms
  • Higher Education Governance and Development
  • Higher Education Research Studies
  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Global Education and Multiculturalism
  • Innovation Policy and R&D

Edward P. St. John has published in several academic venues, with Education Sciences being the prominent publication outlet for their recent work.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Edward P. St. John include:

  • Public Investment in Short-Cycle Tertiary Vocational Education: Historical, Longitudinal, and Fixed-Effects Analyses of Developed and Less-Developed Countries (2023), Education Sciences
  • Higher Education in Post-Neoliberal Times: Building Human Capabilities in the Emergent Period of Uncertainty (2023), Education Sciences
  • Human Capabilities in this Post-Neoliberal Period: A Summative Editorial (2023), Education Sciences

Collaborations have involved frequent co-authors such as Alberto F. Cabrera, Amaury Nora, Eric H. Asker, and Lijing Yang.

Recognition for scholarly contributions includes the award of Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Social Class and College Costs: Examining the Financial Nexus between College Choice and Persistence.

    Michael B. Paulsen;Edward P. St. John

  • Economic Influences on Persistence Reconsidered: How Can Finance Research Inform the Reconceptualization of Persistence Models?

    Edward P. St. John;Alberto F. Cabrera;Amaury Nora;Eric H. Asker

  • Diversity, College Costs, and Postsecondary Opportunity: An Examination of the Financial Nexus between College Choice and Persistence for African Americans and Whites.

    Edward P. St. John;Michael B. Paulsen;Deborah Faye Carter

  • Student Persistence in a Public Higher Education System: Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences.

    Shouping Hu;Edward P. St. John

  • The Effects of Student Financial Aid on Access to Higher Education: An Analysis of Progress with Special Consideration of Minority Enrollment.

    Edward P. St. John;Jay Noell

  • The Use and Interpretation of Logistic Regression in Higher Education Journals: 1988-1999.

    Chao Ying Joanne Peng;Tak Shing Harry So;Frances K. Stage;Edward P. St. John

  • Organizational Culture and Effectiveness in Higher Education: A Test of the “Culture Type” and “Strong Culture” Hypotheses:

    John C. Smart;Edward P. St. John

  • An Alternative to Net Price: Assessing the Influence of Prices and Subsidies on Within-Year Persistence.

    Edward P. St. John;Johnny B. Starkey

  • THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENT AID ON WITHIN-YEAR PERSISTENCE BY TRADITIONAL COLLEGE-AGE STUDENTS IN FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES

    Edward P. St. John;Sandra Andrieu;Jeffrey Oescher;Johnny B. Starkey

  • The Effects of Student Financial Aid on Persistence: A Sequential Analysis

    Edward P. St. John;Rita J. Kirshstein;Jay Noell

  • Refinancing the College Dream: Access, Equal Opportunity, and Justice for Taxpayers

    Edward P. St. John;Eric H. Asker

  • The Financial Nexus Between College Choice and Persistence

    Michael B. Paulsen;Edward P. St. John

  • What Difference Does a Major Make? The Influence of College Major Field on Persistence by African American and White Students.

    Edward P. St. John;Shouping Hu;Ada Simmons;Deborah Faye Carter

  • Price response in enrollment decisions: An analysis of the High School and Beyond Sophomore cohort

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  • What really influences minority attendance? Sequential analyses of the high school and beyond sophomore cohort

    Edward P. St. John

  • Public Policy and Higher Education: Reframing Strategies for Preparation, Access, and Success

    Edward P. St. John;Nathan Daun-Barnett;Karen M. Moronski-Chapman

  • State Financial Policies and College Student Persistence: A National Study

    Rong Chen;Edward P. St. John

  • Academic Capitalism and the New Economy: Markets, State, and Higher Education

    Edward P. St. John

  • Aptitude Vs. Merit: What Matters in Persistence

    Edward P St. John;Shouping Hu;Ada B. Simmons;Glenda Droogsma Musoba

  • State Policy and the Affordability of Public Higher Education: The Influence of State Grants on Persistence in Indiana

    Edward P. St. John;Shouping Hu;Jeff Weber

  • Higher Learning, Greater Good: The Private and Social Benefits of Higher Education (review)

    Edward P. St. John

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto F. Cabrera
Alberto F. Cabrera University of Maryland, College Park
Amaury Nora
Amaury Nora The University of Texas at San Antonio
George D. Kuh
George D. Kuh Indiana University

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