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Publications

Accepted or Under Review

McGuinness, S. (revise & resubmit). Can public investment in community colleges draw learners away from for-profits?. Education Finance and Policy.

McGuinness, S. (revise & resubmit). Local Labor Market Alignment of Short-Term Certificate Programs.  Journal of Research in Higher Education.

Guzman, M., McGuinness, S. & Turner, L.  (revise & resubmit). The Influence of Mega Universities on College Competition and Outcomes. Economics of Education Review. 

Heller, B., McGuinness, S. & Dougherty, S.M. (under review). Predicting Unmet for Career and Technical Education in Massachusetts. Education Finance and Policy.

Darolia, R., & McGuinness, S. (2025). AEFP Live Handbook: Workforce-Aligned Certificate Programs. Journal of Education Finance and Policy.

McGuinness, S. & Wellborn, C. (2024). Quantitative Research and Inequality Narratives: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 1-28.

Dougherty, S. M., Ecton, W. G., Bonilla, S., & McGuinness, S. (2022). The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession on career preparation during high school. Peabody Journal of Education, 97(3), 326-343.

Policy Reports

Libassi, C.J., Grosz, M., McGuinness, S., Matsudaira, J., and Darolia, R.  (2024). An Overview of Graduate Borrowing and Outcomes. Office of the Chief Economist Staff Working Papers. 007.

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Carruthers, C., Dougherty, S., McGuinness, S., and Payne, S. (2022). Graduation, College, and Employment Outcomes for CTE Students with an Identified Disability Georgia Policy Labs Reports. 19.

Mirakhur, Z., Sludden, J., Soltani, J., & McGuinness, Sophie. (2018). NYC public schools: what does it mean to be the nation’s largest school district. New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. 

In Progress

McGuinness, S., DeLoach, C. & Moyer, A. G. "Understanding the Impact of Federal Investments in Childcare for College Student-Parents" 

McGuinness, S., Doyle, W. "Regional Influence of Historical Postsecondary Resource Allocation: California’s Tidal Wave II"

Blanchard, K., Darolia, R., McGuinness, S. "The Geography of Student Loan Debt."

Ecton, W.; McGuinness, S.;  Dougherty, S. “Gender Differences in Labor Market Returns to High School Career and Technical Education.”