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Angela Boatman

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Angela Boatman

Ed.D.

Contact

Campion Hall Room 222

Telephone: 617-552-8128

Email: angela.boatman@bc.edu

Education

  • Ed.D., Harvard University
  • M.P.P., University of Michigan
  • M.A., University of Michigan
  • B.A., University of Minnesota

Courses

Organization and Administration of Higher Education

Public Policy, Politics, and Higher Education

Data Driven Decision Making


Research Interests

Higher education policy, college access and student success; remedial and developmental education; community colleges; postsecondary instruction and course delivery models; financial aid; research study design and policy evaluation

Expertise

  • Higher Education
  • Career and Work
  • Educational Leadership & Policy
Curriculum Vitae

Department

ELHE Educational Leadership & Higher Education

Profile

Angela Boatman is a higher education scholar whose work focuses on the evaluation of college access and completion policies, particularly in the areas of remediation, financial aid, and community college student success. Her research explores the outcomes of policies designed to increase college completion for populations traditionally underrepresented in higher education, and to identify the pathways and mechanisms which aid in students鈥� postsecondary success. She conducts large-scale studies on the impact of innovations in the delivery of remedial math courses, including the use of instructional technology, on collegiate student outcomes. Her work also explores the timing of remediation, examining the effects of high school-based programs compared to courses offered in college, particularly for students further down the academic preparation distribution. Additional projects include the evaluation of state transfer policies for community college students, and the ways in which principles of behavioral economics can better inform the design and delivery of federal student loan programs.

Dr. Boatman is a 艾可直播affiliate of the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) housed at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, and the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University. She holds a doctoral degree in Higher Education from Harvard University and a M.P.P in Public Policy and a M.A. in Higher Education, both from the University of Michigan.

GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT

Coauthor: Comparing Borrowing Attitudes for Higher Education between English and American High School Students: Examining Their Influence on Enrollment Intentions

Select Publications

Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  • Boatman, A., Hurwitz, M., Lee, J., & Smith, J. (2019). The impacts of passing a CLEP exam on degree completion. Journal of Human Resources. 55(4).
  • Evans, B.J. & Boatman, A. (2019). Understanding how information affects loan aversion: A randomized control trial of providing federal loan information to high school seniors. The Journal of Higher Education. 90(5), 800-832.
  • Boatman, A. & Long, B.T. (2018). Does remediation work for all students?: How the effects of postsecondary remedial and developmental courses vary by level of academic preparation. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 40(1), 29-58.
  • Boatman, A & Soliz, A. (2018). Statewide transfer policies and community college student success. Education Finance and Policy. 13(4), 449-483.
  • Evans, B., Boatman, A., Soliz, A. (2018). Framing and labeling effects in the decision to borrow for postsecondary education: An experimental analysis. Research in Higher Education.
  • Boatman, A. & Evans, B. (2017). Financial explanations for understanding loan aversion: How financial literacy, aid knowledge, and credit market experience predict willingness to borrow for education.聽 The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 671 (1): 49-68.
  • Boatman, A., Evans, B., Soliz, A. (2017). Understanding loan aversion in education: Evidence from high school seniors, community college students, and adults. AERA Open, 3(1), 1-16.聽聽聽
  • Boatman, A. & Long, B.T. (2016). Does financial aid impact college student engagement?: Evidence from the Gates Millennium Scholars program.鈥� Research in Higher Education, 57(6), 653-681.

Book Chapters

  • Bettinger, E., Boatman, A. & Long, B. (2013). 鈥淪tudent Supports: Developmental Education and Other Academic Programs鈥� in C. Rouse, L. Barrow, and T. Brock (Eds.), Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Princeton, NJ: Future of Children.
  • Long, B. & Boatman, A. (2013).聽 鈥淭he Role of Remedial and Developmental Courses in Access and Persistence鈥� in A. Jones and L. Perna (Eds.), The State of College Access and Completion: Improving College Success for Students from Underrepresented Groups. London: Routledge International Studies in Higher Education.

Published Reports

  • Kane, T.J., Boatman, A., Kozakowski, W., Bennett, C., Hitch, R., Weisenfeld, D. (2018). Remedial math goes to college: An evaluation of the Tennessee SAILS program. Center for Education Policy Research, Harvard University.
  • Bailey, T., Bashford, J., Boatman, A., Squires, J., Weiss, M., Doyle, W., Valentine, J. C., LaSota, R., Polanin, J. R., Spinney, E., Wilson, W., Yeide, M., & Young, S. H. (2016). Strategies for postsecondary students in developmental education 鈥� A practice guide for college and university administrators, advisors, and faculty. Washington, DC: Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse.
  • Boatman, A., Evans, B., & Soliz, A. (2014). Applying the lessons of behavioral economics to improve the federal student loan programs.聽 Policy Paper for the Lumina Foundation.
  • Boatman, A. (2014). Innovations in developmental education.聽 Policy Paper for the American Enterprise Institute.

Opinion/ Commentary

  • Boatman, A. & Kane, T. (Dec. 16, 2018). The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  • Boatman, A. & Squires, J. (June 2, 2014). Mind the gap: Efforts to reform remedial education that fail to address achievement gaps will perpetuate those gaps. Inside Higher Ed.

Recent Invited Presentations

  • New England Board of Higher Education March 2019, Legislative Advisory Committee Meeting Reforming Remedial Education: What the Evidence Shows
  • Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast & Islands February 2019 Webinar Setting Up for Success: Preparing High School Students for College-Level Math
  • The University of Chicago Education and Poverty Labs April 2018 Forum, Chicago, IL Success in Community College: New Evidence on Access and Achievement聽
  • Lumina Foundation October 2017 Panel, Washington, D.C. Income-Driven Loan Repayment History and Research American Enterprise Institute May 2017
  • Higher Education Working Group Meeting, Washington D.C. The Impact of Prior Learning Assessments on College Completion
  • Federal Reserve Board November 2016 Conference on Student Loans, Washington D.C. Using behavioral economics to improve student loan programs
  • Congressional Briefing April 2015 LEARN Coalition, Cannon House Office Building, Washington DC聽Access, Persistence, and Completion in College (with a focus on workforce outcomes for underrepresented groups, including women and minorities in STEM fields)

Media Mentions/ Interviews

Marketplace (National Public Radio), Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Nashville Public Radio, Bloomberg Business, Nashville Post, The Tennessean, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AEI Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings (2019)

Research Grants and External Funding

  • Institute for Education Sciences (IES), Key Personnel/ Supplemental Grant Recipient, 2014-19 National Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR) 鈥淓xploration of the Use of Learning Technologies in Developmental Math鈥�
  • Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Co-PI with Thomas J. Kane, Harvard University, 2014-19聽鈥�Tennessee study of Pre-College math remediation programs鈥澛� 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
  • Peabody College Small Grant, Vanderbilt University, with Brent Evans, 2017-19 鈥淎n Analysis of the Relationship between Loan Aversion and Actual Borrowing Behavior among High School and College Students鈥�
  • Lumina Foundation, Co-PI with Brent Evans, Peabody College, 2014-16 鈥淯nderstanding and Reducing Loan Aversion among High School and Adult Students"聽
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