College of Education
Sooji Kim Research Group
Led by Sooji Kim · Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
What we study
Dr. Sooji Kim studies how financial aid and admissions policies affect college access and success, especially for low-income students. Her research uses quantitative methods like causal inference and mixed-methods designs.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Surveys & interviews
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 2
Current projects
High School Calculus and the Engineering Pipeline: Evidence from Michigan’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System
Uses Michigan's statewide student data to study whether taking high school calculus affects students' paths into engineering.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Navigating Federal Work-Study: How Informational and Structural Barriers Shape First-Year Student Participation
2026 · Journal of Student Financial Aid
Asks first-year students why they don’t take federal work-study jobs, even if they qualify.
- The Effects of Federal Work-Study on First-Year College Outcomes: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
2026 · The Journal of Higher Education
Uses student data to see if federal work-study jobs help first-year college students succeed.
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
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