Admissions & Aid Applying to Batten Admissions Blog Posts Tagged with Research and Commentary Why Fewer People are Enrolling in Community Colleges Batten School Professor Sarah Turner and co-author Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach found that high unemployment during COVID diverged from prior downturns and enrollment at community colleges dropped, with the drop larger among men. Read More Research and Commentary, Education Volden Discusses New Book on ‘New Books Network’ Podcast Batten’s Craig Volden discusses his new book, "Why Bad Policies Spread (And Good Ones Don't)" with Ursula Hackett, Senior Lecturer in Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Read More Research and Commentary, Domestic Policy & Politics Running for office is still for men—some data on the ‘Ambition Gap’ Batten School Professor Jennifer Lawless and co-author Richard L. Fox find that women today are just as unlikely as they were 20 years ago to express interest in running for office. Read More Research and Commentary, Domestic Policy & Politics Professor Bala Mulloth and Team Close to Marketing Better-Filtering, More Comfortable Cloth Face Masks Gaurav Giri and Batten assistant professor of public policy Balashankar Mulloth co-founded Hava, Inc. to develop technology with the potential to dramatically improve the air filtration efficiency and breathability of face masks. Read More Research and Commentary, Social Innovation @ UVA, Social Entrepreneurship Stam: A Critical View of Biden's First Year Batten School professor and Miller Center faculty senior fellow Allan Stam offers a critical assessment of President Biden's first year in office. It's hard to see the president as a successful leader, writes Stam. Read More Research and Commentary, Domestic Policy & Politics Why aren’t more adults finishing community college? Batten School professor Ben Castleman and colleagues explore programs enacted by states to increase enrollment in community colleges. Despite these efforts, numbers have been steadily declining for much of the 2010s. Is there a way to get adults back to community college? Read More Research and Commentary, Education New Research Finds Angry Denials of Wrongdoing Leave Strong Impressions of Guilt The next time you are accused of doing something you did not do, you may want to check your anger at the door. New research from Batten's Gabrielle Adams has found that such strong reactions lead others to assume the worst: that you did exactly what you have been accused of doing. Read More Research and Commentary, Social Psychology African Americans Are Less Likely to Receive Responses to Emails, Study Finds New evidence from a team of researchers, including Batten professor John Holbein, suggests that everyday racial discrimination is far more widespread than previous studies have indicated. Read More Research and Commentary, Racial Justice and Equity, Social Psychology How behavioral science could get people back into public libraries What keeps someone from activating their library card or returning a book? Brooklyn Public Library worked with behavioral science experts including Batten professor Benjamin Castleman and alum Katharine Meyer (MPP '16) to find out. Read More Research and Commentary, EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness, Education Castleman: To Level the Playing Field in College Completion: Invest in Advising According to new research from Batten's Benjamin Castleman and Texas A&M University's Andrew Barr, intensive college advising leads to large increases in the share of low-income high school seniors that earn their bachelor's degree. Read More Research and Commentary, Education Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 3 Next page ›› Subscribe to Research and Commentary Categories Career Outcomes(5) Tuition and Financial Aid (1)Accelerated MPP(40) Alumni (1)Personal Statement(2) Essays(4) New Student(3) BA(38) Admissions(29) Events(8) Student Life(21) Recommendations(6) Curriculum(19) Minor(24) MPP(27) Application(22) Batten Ambassadors(18)