Collegiate Remediation: A Review of the Causes and Consequences

About the Authors
Michal Kurlaender is associate professor of education policy at the University of California, Davis
School of Education, where her research focuses on education policy and evaluation, in particular
the sources and impacts of racial, ethnic and socioeconomic inequality at various stages of the
educational attainment process. Kurlaender serves as the UC Davis site director for the UC
Educational Evaluation Center. She received her doctoral degree from Harvard University.
Jessica S. Howell is executive director of policy research and co-director of the College Board
Advocacy & Policy Center. She received her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia.
Prior to joining the College Board, she was a faculty member at the University of Virginia and
California State University, Sacramento.
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