UC Davis School of Education

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Michal Kurlaender

Assistant Professor of Education
Phone: (530) 752-3748
Email: mkurlaender@ucdavis.edu


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Expertise
Desegregation; Economics of education; Education Policy and Governance; Educational equity; Educational Program evaluation; Minority/Underrepresented Students; Quantitative methods; Sociology of education; Urban education

Education

  • Ed.D. (2005) Harvard University Graduate School of Education
  • Ed.M. (1997) Harvard University Graduate School of Education
  • B.A. (1995) University of California, Santa Cruz

Highlighted Publications

  • WORKING PAPERS (WITH LINKS):
  • Howell, J., Kurlaender, M., & Grodsky, E. (2008). Postsecondary Preparation and Remediation: Examining the Effect of the Early Assessment Program at California State University
  • Kurlaender, M., Reardon, S., & Jackson, J. (2008). Middle School Predictors of High School Achievement in Three California School Districts. A Report Released by the California Dropout Research Project.
  • RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
  • Horn, C. & Kurlaender, M. (2009). The End of Keyes: Resegregation Trends and Achievement in Denver Public Schools. In C. Smrekar & E. Goldring (Eds.), From the Courtroom to the Classroom: The Shifting Landscape of School Desegregation, Harvard Education Press: Cambridge, MA.
  • Long, B. T. and Kurlaender, M. (2009). Do Community Colleges Provide a Viable Pathway to a Baccalaureate Degree? Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 31 (1):30-53.
  • Kurlaender, M. & Felts, E. (2008). Bakke Beyond College Access: Investigating Racial/Ethnic Differences in College Completion. In P. Marin, & C. Horn (Eds.), Realizing Bakke’s Legacy: Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, and Access to Higher Education, Stylus.
  • Kurlaender, M. and Yun, J. (2007). Measuring School Racial Composition and Student Outcomes in a Multiracial Society, American Journal of Education, (February 113): 213-242.
  • Reardon, S., Yun, J. and Kurlaender, M. (2006). The Limits of Income Desegregation Policies for Achieving Racial Desegregation. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 28 (1): 49-75.
  • Kurlaender, M. (2006). Choosing Community College: Factors Affecting Latino College Choice. New Directions for Community Colleges, 133: 7-19.
     
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Awards and Honors

  • UC Davis, School of Education, Faculty Development Award, 2008
  • Spencer Foundation: Dissertation Fellowship, 2003-2004
  • Roy Larsen Research Fellowship. Harvard University Graduate School of Education, 1999-2001

Associations, Boards & Committees

Courses Taught at UC Davis

  • Research Design
  • Economics of Education
  • Quantitative Methods in Education Research
  • Applied Data Analysis

Funded Research

  • Understanding Barriers and Examining Interventions: A Project to Study Postsecondary Access and Success Using State Administrative Data. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—$350,000 (2009)
  • The Effects of Institutional Practices on Postsecondary Trajectories: Matriculation, Persistence and Time to Degree. Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education—$470,808 (2007)
  • College Readiness to Degree Completion: Remedial Placement and Patterns of College Persistence. Association for Institutional Research—$30,000 (2007)
  • Early Predictors of High School Dropout. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—$15,000 (2007)
  • Faculty Grant in Aid of Research, University of California, Davis—$2,000 (2005, 2007)
  • School Desegregation and Student Outcomes. National Education Association Research
  • Grant—$100,000 (2003).