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José Luis Santos
Assistant Professor of Education
Assistant Professor of Education José Luis Santos studies the economic factors involved in higher education, placing particular emphasis on issues affecting students from underrepresented groups, such as how finances influence equity and access, the burden of student debt, and the importance of linking tuition-setting policies with need-based aid policies.
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Recently, Professor Santos has launched a research project highlighting the educational trajectories and experiences of military veterans in California’s public postsecondary institutions. He will follow a cohort of student veterans to understand their access in college, as well as their persistence rates, degree attainment, graduate or professional school attendance, and labor market outcomes. This project stems from a study he finalized in which pre-college characteristics of veterans and nonveterans were compared.
The driving force behind Professor Santos' work is his belief that federal, state, and institutional policies may not adequately support increased educational and economic outcomes for traditionally underrepresented students, but rather, may perpetuate inequitable outcomes leading to further stratification.
Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies in 2005, Santos served as a senior institutional researcher and the founding director of the Latina/o Policy Research Initiative (LPRI) in the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona. He also served as an associate of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, a leading state and national policy center.
Professor Santos earned his B.A. in Mexican American Studies, M.A. in Educational Psychology: Measurement & Research Methodology at the University of Arizona, and Ph.D. in higher education economics and finance policy from the University of Arizona's Center for the Study of Higher Education.
Professor Santos' scholarship examines financial issues in Higher Education. Email: JSantos@gseis.ucla.edu.
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