Bailey, Thomas R. (tb3)

B.A. Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude in Economics
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Economics

Labor Economics, Community Colleges, Econometrics, Education Policy, Developmental Education, Assessment, Educational Equity, Higher Ed And Workforce Prep, School-to-Work Transition, Online Learning

Journal Articles:

Belfield, C. & Bailey, T. (2011, January). The benefits of attending community college: A review of the evidence. Community College Review, 39(1) 46–68.

Bailey, T., Jeong, D.W., & Cho, S.W. (2010, March). Referral, enrollment, and completion in developmental education sequences in community colleges. Economics of Education Review, 29, 255–270.

Bailey, T. (2009). Challenge and opportunity: Rethinking the role and function of developmental education in community college. New Directions for Community Colleges, 145, 11–30.

Calcagno, J.C., Bailey, T., Jenkins, D., Kienzl, G., & Leinbach, T. (2008, December). Community college student success: What institutional characteristics make a difference? Economics of Education Review, 27(6), 632–645.

Bailey, T. (2008, May). Transition matters: Community college to bachelor’s degree (Panelist testimony). Proceedings report of the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, 46–49.

Van Noy, M., Jacobs, J., Korey, S., Bailey, T., & Hughes, K. L. (2008, April/May). The rise of noncredit workforce education. Community College Journal, 78(5), 54–59.

Bailey, T. (2008, February). Beyond traditional college: The role of community colleges, career and technical postsecondary education in preparing a globally competitive work force. The New Role of Higher Education Attainment in Global Competitiveness and Income Opportunity: Implications for National Policy, 23(1), 25–30.

Calcagno, J. C., Crosta, P., Bailey, T., & Jenkins, D. (2007) Does age of entrance affect community college completion probabilities? Evidence from a discrete-time hazard model. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 29(3), 218–235.

Calcagno, J. C., Crosta, P., Bailey, T., & Jenkins, D. (2007) Stepping stones to a degree: The impact of enrollment pathways and milestones on community college student outcomes. Research in Higher Education, 48(7), 775–801.

Bailey, T., Calcagno, J., Jenkins, D., Leinbach, T., & Kienzl, G. (2006). Is the Student-Right-To-Know all you should know? An analysis of community college graduation rates. Research in Higher Education, 47(5), 491–519.

Scott, M., Bailey, T., & Kienzl, G. (2006, May).Relative success: Determinants of college graduation rates in public and private colleges. Research in Higher Education, 47(3), 247–277.

Alfonso, M., Bailey, T., & Scott, M. (2005). Educational outcomes of occupational sub-baccalaureate students: Evidence from the 1990s. Economics of Education Review, 24(2), 197–212.

Marcotte, D., Bailey, T., Borkoski, C., & Kienzl, G. (2005). The returns of a community college education: Evidence from the National Education Longitudinal Study. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 27(2), 157–175.

Bailey, T., & Karp, M. M. (2004) Expanding the reach of dual enrollment programs. Community College Journal, 75(3), 9–11.

Berg, P., Appelbaum, A., Bailey, T., & Kalleberg, A. (2004). Contesting time: International comparisons of employee control of working time. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 57(3), 331–349.

Bailey, T., & Weininger, E. (2002). Performance, graduation, and transfer of immigrants and natives in CUNY community colleges. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 24(4), 359–377.

Bailey, T., Hughes, K. L., & Karp, M. M. (2002). What role can dual enrollment programs play in easing the transition between high school and postsecondary education? The Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 24(2), 18–29.

Books:

Bailey, T., Jaggars, S. & Jenkins, D. (2015) Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Bailey, T., & Morest, V. S. (Eds.). (2006). Defending the community college equity agenda. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Bailey, T., Hughes, K. L., & Moore, D. (2004). Working knowledge: Work-based learning and education reform. New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer.

Quigley, M., & Bailey, T. (2003). Community college movement in perspective: Teachers College responds to the Truman Commission. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group.

Appelbaum, E., Bailey, T., Berg, P., & Kalleberg, A. (2000). Manufacturing advantage: Why high-performance work systems pay off. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Bailey, T. (Ed.). (1995). Learning to work: Employer involvement in school-to-work transition programs. Washington DC: Brookings Institution.

Berryman, S., & Bailey, T. (1992). The double helix of education and the economy. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Institute on Education and the Economy.

Benton, L., Bailey, T., Noyelle, T., & Stanback, T. (1991). Employee training and U.S. competitiveness: Lessons for the 1990s. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Bailey, T. (1987). Immigrant and native workers: Contrasts and competition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Book Chapters

Bailey, T. and Belfield, C. (2011). Community college occupational degrees: Are they worth it? In Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Jobs in Metropolitan America. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania (forthcoming).

Bailey, T. (2011). Can community colleges achieve ambitious graduation goals? In M. Schneider & A. Kelly (Eds.), Degrees of difficulty: Can American higher education regain its edge? Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute (forthcoming).

Bailey, T. (2009). Challenge and opportunity: Rethinking the role and function of developmental education in community college. In A. C. Bueschel & A. Venezia (Eds.), New directions for community colleges: Policies and practices to improve student preparation and success (145, pp. 11-30). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Bailey, T. (2007). Implications of educational inequality in a global economy. In C. Belfield & H. Levin (Eds.), The price we pay: Economic and social consequences of inadequate education. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

Orr, M. T., Bailey, T., Hughes, K. L., Kienzl, G., & Karp, M. M. (2007). The national academy foundation’s career academies: Shaping postsecondary transitions. In D. Neumark (Ed.), Improving school-to-work transitions (pp. 169–209). New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.

Shaw, K. M., & Bailey, T. (2007). Can access to community colleges for low-income adults be improved? Testing a model of the policy change process across six diverse states. In K. M. Shaw & D. E. Heller (Eds.), State postsecondary education research: New methods to inform policy and practice. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Bailey, T. (2006). Increasing competition and growth of the for-profits. In T. Bailey & V. S. Morest (Eds.), Defending the community college equity agenda (pp. 87–109). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Appelbaum, E., Bailey, T., Berg, P., & Kalleberg, A. (2005) Organizations and the intersection of work and family, a comparative perspective. In Ackroyd, Batt, Thompson, & Toylbert (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of work & organization (pp. 52–73). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Bailey, T. (2003). A researcher’s perspective. In A. McCormick & R. Cox (Eds.), New directions for community colleges: Classification systems for the 21^st Century. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Appelbaum, E., Bailey, T., Berg, P., & Kalleberg, A. (2002). Shared work/valued care: New norms for organizing market work and unpaid care work. In H. Monsley, J. O’Reilly & K. Schomann (Eds.), Labour markets, gender and institutional change, (pp. 136–165). Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Bailey, T. (2002). Community colleges in the 21^st century: Challenges and opportunities. In P.A. Graham & N. Stacey (Eds.), The knowledge economy and postsecondary education (pp. 59–76). Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Bailey, T. (2002). The evolving community college: The multiple mission debate. In N. Thomas, A. Lorenzo, & M. Milliron (Eds.), Perspectives on the community college (pp. 47–50). Washington, DC: League for Innovation.

 

Peer Reviewed Monographs

Tierny, W. G., Bailey, T., Constantine, J., Finkelstein, N., & Hurd, N.F. (2009). Helping students navigate the path to college: What high schools can do: A practical guide (NCEE #2009-4066). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.

Bailey, T., Jacobs, J., & Jenkins, D. (2004, January). Outsourcing of instruction at community colleges. Stanford, CA: Stanford University, National Center for Postsecondary Improvement.

Bailey, T., Badway, N., & Gumport, P. (2001, July). For-profit higher education and community colleges (Deliverable No. 0400). Stanford, CA: Stanford University, National Center for Postsecondary Improvement.

 

Selected Reports and Papers

Bailey, T. (2011). Developing input-adjusted metrics of community college performance. Paper presented at Context for Success meeting, Washington, DC.

Bailey, T. & Xu, D. (2011). Input-Adjusted graduation rates and college accountability: What is known from twenty years of research? New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Smith Jaggars, S., & Bailey, T. (2010, July). Effectiveness of fully online courses for college students: Response to a Department of Education meta-analysis. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Zeidenberg, M., & Bailey, T. (2010, March). Human resource development and career and technical education in American community colleges. Paper presented at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Human Resources Development Group Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Calcagno, J. C., Crosta, P., Bailey, T., & Jenkins, D. (2006, October). Stepping stones to a degree: The impact of enrollment pathways and milestones on community college student outcomes (CCRC Working Paper No. 4). New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Jenkins, D., & Leinbach, T. (2006, September [updated]). Is student success labeled institutional failure? Student goals and graduation rates in the accountability debate at community colleges (CCRC Working Paper No. 1). New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Crosta, P., & Jenkins, D. (2006, August). What can Student Right-to-Know graduation rates tell us about community college performance? (CCRC Working Paper No. 6). New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Leinbach, T., Scott, M., Alfonso, M., Kienzl, G., & Kennedy, B. (2004). The characteristics of occupational sub-baccalaureate students entering the new millennium. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Assessment of Vocational Education.

Bailey, T. & Alfonso, M. (2005). Paths to persistence: An analysis of research on program effectiveness at community colleges [Monograph]. Lumina Foundation for Education New Agenda Series , 6(1).

Bailey, T., Jenkins, D., & Leinbach, T. (2005, January). Community college low-income and minority student completion study: descriptive statistics from the 1992 high school cohort . New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Jenkins, D., & Leinbach, T. (2005, January). What we know about community college low-income and minority student outcomes: Descriptive statistics from national surveys New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Alfonso, M., Calcagno, J. C., Jenkins, D., Kienzl, G., & Leinbach, T. (2004, November). Improving student attainment in community colleges: Institutional characteristics and policies. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Alfonso, M., Scott, M., & Leinbach, T. (2004, August). The educational outcomes of occupational postsecondary students. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Assessment of Vocational Education.

Bailey, T., Kienzl, G., & Marcotte, D. E., (2004, August). The return to a sub-baccalaureate education: The effects of schooling, credentials and program of study on economic outcomes. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, National Assessment of Vocational Education.

Bailey, T. & Morest, V. S. (2004, February). The organizational efficiency of multiple missions for community colleges. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Jacobs, J., & Jenkins, D. (2004, January). Outsourcing of instruction at community colleges. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Matsuzuka, Y., Jacobs, J., Hughes, K. L., & Morest, V. S. (2003, October).  Institutionalization and sustainability of the National Science Foundation’s advanced technological education program. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T. (2003, May). The response of community colleges to increasing competition and growth of the for-profits. Paper prepared for the Markets, Profits, and the Future of Higher Education Conference. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College.

Bailey, T., Jacobs, J., Jenkins, D., & Leinbach, T. (2003, April). Community colleges and the equity agenda: What the record shows. Paper presented at the AACC National Conference, Dallas, TX.

Bailey, T., & Matsuzuka, Y. (2003, April). Integration of vocational and academic curricula through the NSF advanced technological education program (ATE). Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association 84th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Bailey, T., & Karp, M. M. (2003). Promoting college access and success: A review of credit-based transition programs. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education. New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center.

Bailey, T., Hughes, K. L., & Karp, M. M. (2002). What role can dual enrollment play in easing the transition between high school and postsecondary education? Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

Karp, M. M., & Bailey, T. (2002, June). Dual credit options in high school. Memo prepared for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

Bailey, T., & Weininger, E. (2002, March). Performance, graduation, and transfer of immigrants and natives in City University of New York Community Colleges. Paper prepared for New Immigrants in New York: Incorporation of Recent Immigrants in New York City Conference, New School University.