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Recent Print, Radio, and Other Media Coverage of Professor Hoxby’s Work:

"Smart, Low-Income Students Who Shun Good Colleges: High sticker prices and unfamiliar terminology tend to scare them away, but a potential low-cost solution simply involves giving them access to better information" by Max Nisen The Atlantic, January 23 2015

"Matching the Undermatched” by Scott Jaschik Inside Higher Ed January 5 2015

"Harvard's Exit Strategy" by R.A. The Economist February 21 2014.

"Massive Open Online Forces" by The Editorial Board The Economist February 8 2014

"Unlocking the MOOC Marketplace, Part 1: A Tale of Two Markets" by Laurie Pickard

"How Do You Get Poor Kids to Apply to Great Colleges?" by Nancy Hass Smithsonian Magazine, December 2013.

"From Poverty to a Top-Tier College" by The Editorial Board The New York Times April 10 2013.

"A Simple Way to Send Poor Kids to Top Colleges" by David Leonhardt The New York Times March 29 2013.

"Changing the Culture of College Application" by David Leonhardt The New York Times March 21 2013.

"Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor" by David Leonhardt The New York Times March 16 2013.

"Smart low-income kids aren't applying to good colleges" by Brad Plumer The Washington Post March 22 2013.

"Tackling the Geographical Dispersion of Low-Income High-Achievers" by Reihan Salam The Agenda March 22 2013.

"The Asset Endowments Ignore: Their University" by Paula Vasan Chief Investment Officer January 8 2013.

"The Missing Students" by Scott Jaschik Inside Higher Ed December 11 2012.

“New tools help smart low-income kids realize great college opportunities”

"Poor Students at Rich Colleges" by Catherine Rampell in Economix blog at the New York Times, September 28 2009.

National Public Radio “Basic Marketing May Be To Blame For Fewer Low Income Students at Top Universities”

National Public Radio “Elite Colleges Struggle to Recruit Smart Low Income Kids”

National Public Ratio “Low Income Students Don’t Apply to Top Schools But They Should”

National Public Ratio “For Low Income Students the Right College at the Right Price”

"A Low-Cost Way to Expand the Horizons of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students" by Beckie Supiano The Chronicle of Higher Education March 29 2013.

"Admissions 101: Why Smart, Poor Students Are Dumb" by Jay Matthews The Washington Post April 25 2013

"Attracting the Missing Students" by Scott Jaschik Inside Higher Ed April 1 2013.

"What Are Your Sources for Information About Colleges and Universities?” by Shannon Doyne The New York Times April 1 2013.

"Tackling the Geographical Dispersion of Low-Income High-Achievers, Part II: Actually Tackling the Problem" by Reihan Salam The Agenda March 30 2013.

"Poor Students at Rich Colleges" by Catherine Rampell in Economix blog at the New York Times, September 28 2009.

"Scaling Up Efforts to Reach High-Achieving, Low-Income Students" by Beckie Supiano The Chronicle of Higher Education June 26 2013.

"Report Calls for Telling Students Earlier about College Opportunities" Inside Higher Ed June 27 2013.

"Ranking Colleges by Desirability" by Eric Hoover The Chronicle of Higher Education February 19 2013.

"A Better Way to Rank Colleges?" Freakonomics February 21 2013.

"Scholars Propose a College-Ranking System Based on Where Students Enroll" by David Glenn The Chronicle of Higher Education October 29 2004.

"Professors Propose New Rankings" by Anton S. Troianovski, The Harvard Crimson October 20, 2004.

"An Unbiased Way to Rank Schools: Some Changes in the Lineup" Knowledge@Wharton January 12 2005.

"Are Colleges Really More Selective?" by Rebecca Ruiz in "The Choice" blog at The New York Times, December 23 2009.

"Study Shows Better Scores for Charter School Students" by Jennifer Medina, The New York Times, September 22 2009.

"Charter Success" by The Editorial Board The Washington Post September 27 2009.

"Students Don't Always Respond Rationally to Offers of Financial Aid, Economists Find," by Will Potter, The Chronicle of Higher Education April 4 2003.