Tatiana Velasco is an applied microeconomist specializing in the economics of education and labor economics. At the Community College Research Center, Velasco examines how students’ transitions into and through postsecondary education affect student outcomes and result in advancement in the labor market. To do so, she combines national and state administrative data with advanced methods and frameworks in economics and statistics. Velasco is currently leading the quantitative analysis in CCRC’s Transfer Student Success research aiming at advancing racial and socioeconomic equity, and conducting research on Dual Enrollment pathways and how those explain long-term student outcomes. Velasco holds a doctorate in economics and education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

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