Taylor Odle
@taylorodle.bsky.social
Asst Prof @ UW-Madison | Econ of Ed, College Access, Quant Methods, Inequality | Y’all 🏳️🌈
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I better not see one more request in my inbox...
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I better not see one more request in my inbox...
🏆 Nominate a student (or yourself) for the @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @aeradivjgradnet.bsky.social Dissertation Award! Deadline is Nov 1.
September 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🏆 Nominate a student (or yourself) for the @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @aeradivjgradnet.bsky.social Dissertation Award! Deadline is Nov 1.
“…the most innovative college access program in the nation.” Aww, shucks — thanks, @completecollege.bsky.social! 🤗 || @uwmadscience.bsky.social @harvardeducation.bsky.social @luminafoundation.bsky.social @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social @kresge.org
August 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“…the most innovative college access program in the nation.” Aww, shucks — thanks, @completecollege.bsky.social! 🤗 || @uwmadscience.bsky.social @harvardeducation.bsky.social @luminafoundation.bsky.social @bloombergdotorg.bsky.social @kresge.org
We'll use students' GPA & ACT scores to admit them to a group of public (& private!) universities, comm colleges, and tech institutes while also informing them of their state grant aid (like TN Promise & HOPE), as well as institutional merit aid! All personalized.
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We'll use students' GPA & ACT scores to admit them to a group of public (& private!) universities, comm colleges, and tech institutes while also informing them of their state grant aid (like TN Promise & HOPE), as well as institutional merit aid! All personalized.
This fall, over 60k students will participate in our pilot testing this innovation. Groups of students will receive (1) direct admissions, (2) direct admissions plus aid, or (3) direct admissions, aid, & additional supports [including targeted outreach and 1-1 advising].
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This fall, over 60k students will participate in our pilot testing this innovation. Groups of students will receive (1) direct admissions, (2) direct admissions plus aid, or (3) direct admissions, aid, & additional supports [including targeted outreach and 1-1 advising].
So, why not do both? Simplify access to college through direct admissions AND use that same data to pre-award aid. Students receive a clear, early, & personalized message: "There's a place for you in college—and there are resources to help you afford it!"
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
So, why not do both? Simplify access to college through direct admissions AND use that same data to pre-award aid. Students receive a clear, early, & personalized message: "There's a place for you in college—and there are resources to help you afford it!"
🚨 We're excited to launch TN Direct Admissions, the nation's first program to simplify college admissions + financial aid! Our pilot will provide students upfront college admissions offers alongside personalized commitments of financial aid—no applications, no fees, no BS.
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
🚨 We're excited to launch TN Direct Admissions, the nation's first program to simplify college admissions + financial aid! Our pilot will provide students upfront college admissions offers alongside personalized commitments of financial aid—no applications, no fees, no BS.
Y’all 👏 15 nuggets from @tacobell.bsky.social (just drink A LOT of water 😂)
June 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Y’all 👏 15 nuggets from @tacobell.bsky.social (just drink A LOT of water 😂)
UW-Madison Ed Policy PhD student Sky Duke presenting a new predictive model and typology for identifying and classifying institutions that propel low-income student outcomes! 👏 #AERA2025
April 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
UW-Madison Ed Policy PhD student Sky Duke presenting a new predictive model and typology for identifying and classifying institutions that propel low-income student outcomes! 👏 #AERA2025
AERA Undergrad Fellow and UW-Madison/WCER rockstar Shelby Jantz presenting her work at #AERA2025! 👏 Watch out for her — headed to Northwestern SESP this fall!
April 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
AERA Undergrad Fellow and UW-Madison/WCER rockstar Shelby Jantz presenting her work at #AERA2025! 👏 Watch out for her — headed to Northwestern SESP this fall!
🚨 New paper with @jwrightkim.bsky.social and Beto Castrejón (my rockstar PhD student - his first pub!) in The Journal of Higher Ed. doi.org/10.1080/0022...
February 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
🚨 New paper with @jwrightkim.bsky.social and Beto Castrejón (my rockstar PhD student - his first pub!) in The Journal of Higher Ed. doi.org/10.1080/0022...
Though there is variation in matching across colleges, unequal match rates are driven by the fact that, while nearly 60% of students here are Black or Hispanic, only 26% of instructors are—contrasted with the fact that only 1/3 of students are white but 63% of instructors are.
January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Though there is variation in matching across colleges, unequal match rates are driven by the fact that, while nearly 60% of students here are Black or Hispanic, only 26% of instructors are—contrasted with the fact that only 1/3 of students are white but 63% of instructors are.
And when Black and Hispanic students do experience matching, they mostly do so with "instructors" or "adjuncts" and those less likely to hold a graduate degree—which matters if the benefits of matching mechanistically flow from repeated engagement and/or instructors' capital.
January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
And when Black and Hispanic students do experience matching, they mostly do so with "instructors" or "adjuncts" and those less likely to hold a graduate degree—which matters if the benefits of matching mechanistically flow from repeated engagement and/or instructors' capital.
However, there are *wide* gaps in same-race matching. Among 2.2M student-instructor pairs, 42% are a match, but that ranges from 77% among white students to only 29% among Hispanic and 14% among Black students. Match rates are even lower in important first-year courses.
January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
However, there are *wide* gaps in same-race matching. Among 2.2M student-instructor pairs, 42% are a match, but that ranges from 77% among white students to only 29% among Hispanic and 14% among Black students. Match rates are even lower in important first-year courses.
Same-race matching descriptively increases course pass rates, grades, and credit hour accumulation across subjects in students' first year—particularly among Black and Hispanic students.
January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Same-race matching descriptively increases course pass rates, grades, and credit hour accumulation across subjects in students' first year—particularly among Black and Hispanic students.
🚨 Our paper on same-race matching in college is now online at Economics of Education Review! We talk a lot about the benefits of same-race matching in K-12 and higher ed but haven't stopped to ask: Who even has access to same-race matching/how often (and where) does it occur?
January 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🚨 Our paper on same-race matching in college is now online at Economics of Education Review! We talk a lot about the benefits of same-race matching in K-12 and higher ed but haven't stopped to ask: Who even has access to same-race matching/how often (and where) does it occur?
🥰 Being a good instructor (and esp stats instructor) means building competence and confidence—and often breaking down barriers and erasing prior math/stats trauma.
January 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
🥰 Being a good instructor (and esp stats instructor) means building competence and confidence—and often breaking down barriers and erasing prior math/stats trauma.
Happy Holidays to editors giving out the best gifts this season! 🙏
December 24, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Happy Holidays to editors giving out the best gifts this season! 🙏
My university has a surplus/used item "swap." Does anyone need anything? Current items include... 😂
December 14, 2024 at 7:34 PM
My university has a surplus/used item "swap." Does anyone need anything? Current items include... 😂
Salomé Otero, a rising star from @uscpullias.bsky.social, slayed our #ASHE2024 presentation on the intended and unintended consequences of tuition control strategies. 🥂
November 22, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Salomé Otero, a rising star from @uscpullias.bsky.social, slayed our #ASHE2024 presentation on the intended and unintended consequences of tuition control strategies. 🥂
Beto Castrejón, @uwmadison.bsky.social PhD student in Ed Policy & ITP and EdGRS Fellow, killed it at #ASHE2024 presenting our paper on test-optional and financial aid behavior. 👏
November 22, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Beto Castrejón, @uwmadison.bsky.social PhD student in Ed Policy & ITP and EdGRS Fellow, killed it at #ASHE2024 presenting our paper on test-optional and financial aid behavior. 👏
Thanks so much to the Journal of Higher Ed for this exemplary reviewer award! I published my first ever paper in JHE, so this means a lot. 😊 Keep sending us your best papers! #ASHE2024
November 22, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Thanks so much to the Journal of Higher Ed for this exemplary reviewer award! I published my first ever paper in JHE, so this means a lot. 😊 Keep sending us your best papers! #ASHE2024