Community College Project (CCP)
This project explores the postsecondary trajectories of community college students. Using mixed-methods at a community college partner institution, the study examines how barriers, life shocks, attitudes, institutional resources, and decision-making shape student persistence and degree completion.
At the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab, I contributed to participant recruitment, data collection over multiple sample waves, engagement with the partner institution, data analysis, presentations and publications.
Publications, presentations, and works in progress:
Working paper: DeLuca, Stefanie, Jacqueline Groccia, Nick Papageorge, Sarah Sullivan. “Sub-baccalaureate Swirling: Understanding Timing, Trajectories and Degree Completion for Community College Students.”
DeLuca, Stefanie, Mark Drozd, Jacqueline Groccia, Nicholas Papageorge, and Sarah Sullivan. “Sub-Baccalaureate Swirling: Understanding Timing, Trajectories, and Degree Completion for Community College Students.” The American Sociological Association, 2025, Chicago, IL.
DeLuca, Stefanie, Mark Drozd, Jacqueline Groccia, Nicholas Papageorge, and Sarah Sullivan. “Sub-Baccalaureate Swirling: Understanding Timing, Trajectories, and Degree Completion for Community College Students.” Population Association of America, 2025, Washington, DC.
This research was supported by the Hopkins Population Center Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Russell Sage Foundation, and the 21st Century Cities Initiative at Johns Hopkins.
HAIL Scholarship Study
The HAIL Scholarship Study is a randomized controlled trail at the University of Michigan to test whether personalized, no-strings attached financial aid can increase enrollment among high-achieving, low-income students. To understand the mechanisms behind take-up rates, researchers at the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University conducted qualitative interviews with HAIL-eligible high school students across Michigan.
As a member of the research team, I contributed to participant recruitment and data collection.
This work was funded by the Smith Richardson Foundation, University of Michigan, and Johns Hopkins University.