Rong Chen is an Assistant Professor of Education Leadership, Management and Policy at
the Seton Hall University, and teaches courses in quantitative methods, research design,
and policy analysis. She received her Ph. D. in higher education from the University of
Michigan in 2007. Her research focuses on student financial aid, college student dropout
behavior, and socioeconomic and racial equity in higher education opportunities. Her recent
work on these issues has been published in Research in Higher Education. Chen is the …

Brian P. An is an Associate Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies at the
University of Iowa. He received his MS and Ph. D. in Sociology from the University of
Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses on the sociology of education, educational
stratification, and college-student success. He is currently working on cross-national
comparative studies regarding stability and change in social inequalities over the life course.
His work has appeared in academic journals such as Educational Evaluation and Policy …