Publications

• Melguizo, T., Kienzl, G., & Alfonso, M. (Forthcoming). Comparing the educational attainment of community college transfer students and four-year rising juniors using propensity score matching methods. The Journal of Higher Education.
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• Melguizo, T., Bos, H., & Prather, G. (Forthcoming). Is developmental education helping community college’ students persist? A critical review of the literature. American Behavioral Scientist.
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• Melguizo, T., Sanchez, F.J., & Jaime, H. (Forthcoming). The association between financial aid availability and the college dropout rates in Colombia. Higher Education.
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• Melguizo, T. (2010). Are students of color more likely to graduate from college if they attend more selective institutions? Evidence from the first cohort of recipients and non-recipients of the Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS) program. Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 32,230-248.
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• Melguizo, T., & Dowd, A.C. (2009). Baccalaureate success of transfers and rising four-year college juniors. Teachers College Record, 111 (1), 55-89.
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• Melguizo, T. (2008). Are community colleges an alternative path for Hispanic students to attain a bachelor’s degree? Teachers College Record, 110 (12).
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• Melguizo, T. (2008). Quality matters: Assessing the impact of selective institutions on minority college completion rates. Research in Higher Education 49(3), 214-236.
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• Melguizo, T., Hagedorn, L.S., & Cypers, S. (2008). The Need for remedial/developmental education and the cost of community college transfer: calculations from a sample of California community college transfers. The Review of Higher Education, 31(4), 401-431.
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• Dowd, A.C., & Melguizo, T.  (2008). Socioeconomic stratification of community college transfer access in the 1980s and 1990s. The Review of Higher Education, 31(4), 377-400.
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• Dowd, A.C., Cheslock, J., & Melguizo, T.  (2008). Transfer access from community colleges and the distribution of elite higher education. The Journal of Higher Education, 79(4):1-31.
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• Melguizo, T., & Strober, M. (2007). Faculty salaries and the maximization of prestige. Research in Higher Education, 48(6), 633-668.
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• Kienzl, G., Alfonso, M., & Melguizo, T. (2007). The effect of local labor market conditions in the 1990s on the likelihood of a community college students’ persistence and attainment. Research in Higher Education, 48(7), 751-774.
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Manuscripts Under Review

Peer-Reviewed Articles

• Melguizo, T., & Chung, A. (minor revisions). College aid policy and competition for diversity.
  
  
• Melguizo, T., & Wolniak, G. (Under review). The earnings benefits of majoring in STEM fields among high achieving minority students.
  
  
• Melguizo, T. (Under review). The role of student long-term goals on college persistence of low-income students: evidence from the Washington State Achievers Program.

Manuscripts in Progress

• Melguizo, T., Bos, H., Prather, G., & Kociewicz, H. (2010).  The assessment and placement policies in developmental mathematics in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD).
  
  
• Melguizo, T., Bos, H., Prather, G., & Kim, B. (2010).  Exploring the effects of basic skills mathematics placement on academic outcomes of community college students.

Papers in Edited Volumes

• Melguizo, T. (Forthcoming). A review of the theories developed to describe the process of college persistence and attainment. In J.C. Smart (Ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research.
  
  
• Melguizo, T. (Forthcoming). Capitalizing on the current economic crisis to promote systemic change and maintain world leadership in higher education. In Shawn Harper and Jerlando Jackson, Eds. Introduction to American Higher Education. New York: Routledge Books.

Other Publications

• Melguizo, T. (Forthcoming).[Review of the book: Improving learning by widening participation in higher education.]. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, & Practice.
  
  
• Santos, J.L., & Melguizo, T. (2008). Increasing baccalaureate attainment rates using California community college transfers: An exploration of its cost-effectiveness. C4 eJournal 1 (1). California Community College Collaborative (C4).
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• Melguizo, T. (2007, November/December). Latino and African-American students’ transfer pathway to elite education in California. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning.
  
  
• Melguizo, T., Dowd, A.C., & Bensimon, E. (2006, July/August). Time-to-degree rates affect two-year success [Letter to the editor]. Change Magazine.