Working Papers

Park, T. J., Flores, S. M., & Turner, D. Does community college targeted aid affect enrollment? A regression discontinuity analysis of the Texas Grant II Program.

Flores, S. M., McLendon, M. K., Park, T. J., & Mavrogordato, M. E. Mitigating inequality or gaining a comparative advantage? Institutional adoption of no-loan programs at private colleges and universities.

Flores, S. M., & Torre, D. The long-term effects of English language learner program differences: Using administrative data to understand the role of bilingual education v. English as a second language.

McLendon, M. K., Flores, S. M., & Park, T. J. Competition, emulation, innovation: Factors influencing the adoption of no-loan programs at public colleges and universities.

Horn, C. L. and Flores, S. M. College completion and percent plan beneficiaries: A quantitative case study.

Flores, S. M. and Ngaire Honey. The educational and employment demography of NAFTA immigrants: Twenty years after the trade agreement.

Research in Progress

College Markets by Race and Ethnicity in Florida: Assessing Student Postsecondary Success (with Toby J Park, Florida State University)

College access interventions in Chilean higher education: Percent plans and Low-income Youth (with Ernesto Trevino, la Universidad de Diego Portales)

The college trajectories of English language learner identified youth. Principal Investigator. National Academy of Education and the Spencer Foundation.

Understanding barriers and examining interventions: A proposal to study postsecondary access and success using state administrative data – Texas as Case Study. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant.
• Financial aid and tuition deregulation in Texas. Principal Investigator.
• The role of the Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) in Texas. Principal Investigator.

Twenty years later: Educational and labor expectations of immigrant youth in the NAFTA regions: Canada, US and México. Co-Investigator. El Programa Interinstitucional de Estudios sobre la Región de América del Norte (PIERAN).