Benjamin T. Skinner

Peer-reviewed conference presentations

**Co-author presenter

1. **Morales, O., Skinner, B. T., & Doyle, W. R. (2023, March). Employing Machine Learning Approaches in Predicting Incomes of Recent College Graduates. Poster presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 48th Annual Conference, Denver, CO.  
2. **Ortagus, J. C., Skinner, B. T., Allchin, H., McFarlin, I., & Tanner, M. (2023, March). Experimental Evidence of the Impact of Re-Enrollment Campaigns on Long-Term Academic Outcomes. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 48th Annual Conference, Denver, CO.  
3. Burtch, T., & Skinner, B. T. (2023, March). Broadband Access and Online Postsecondary Enrollment. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 48th Annual Conference, Denver, CO.  
4. **Burtch, T., & Skinner, B. T. (2022, November). Broadband Access and Online Postsecondary Enrollment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV.  
5. Skinner, B. T., **Morales, O., & Doyle, W. R. (2022, November). Employing Machine Learning Approaches in Predicting Incomes of Recent College Graduates. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV.  
6. Skinner, B. T., **Burtch, T., & Levy, H. (2022, March). Variation in broadband access among undergraduate populations across the United States. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 47th Annual Conference, Denver, CO.  
7. Skinner, B. T., Burtch, T., & Levy, H. (2021, November). Variation in broadband access among undergraduate populations across the United States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, San Juan, PR.  
8. Skinner, B. T., & Doyle, W. R. (2021, November). Predicting postsecondary attendance by income in the United States using multilevel regression with poststratification. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, San Juan, PR.  
9. Skinner, B. T., Levy, H., & Burtch, T. (2021, March). Digital redlining: the relevance of HOLC neighborhood classifications on broadband access. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 46th Annual Conference, (Virtual).  
10. Ortagus, J., Skinner, B. T., & Tanner, M. (2020, April). Why did you go? Using Bayesian multilevel regression with poststratification to understand why community colleges students exit early. Paper presented at the MRP Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY (Virtual).  
11. Ortagus, J., Skinner, B. T., & Tanner, M. (2020, March). Why did you go? Using Bayesian multilevel regression with poststratification to understand why community colleges students exit early. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 45th Annual Conference, Ft. Worth, TX (Virtual).  
12. Skinner, B. T., & Doyle, W. R. (2019, November). Are civic returns to higher education different across subpopulations? An analysis using propensity forests. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, OR.  
13. Bird, K., Castleman, B., Fischer, B., & Skinner, B. T. (2019, March). Students with Some College, But No Degree: A Statewide Descriptive Analysis. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 44th Annual Conference, Kansas City, KS.  
14. Skinner, B. T. (2018, March). Online courses and degree attainment: Estimating state-level differences using nationally representative data. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 43rd Annual Conference, Portland, OR.  
15. Skinner, B. T. (2017, March). Virtually the Same: Estimating the Effect of Online Courses on Student Outcomes at Open Access Institutions in Georgia. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 42nd Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.  
16. Skinner, B. T. (2016, November). How has college choice changed? An update for the 2000s using the conditional logit model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Columbus, OH.  
17. Skinner, B. T. (2016, November). Virtually the Same: Estimating the Effect of Online Courses on Student Outcomes at Open Access Institutions in Georgia. Paper presented in roundtable discussion at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Columbus, OH.  
18. Skinner, B. T., & Doyle, W. R. (2016, November). Democratization, diversion, and profit: The impact of for-profit institutions on degree attainment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Columbus, OH.  
19. Skinner, B. T. (2016, March). Modeling college enrollment via conditional logit: How has college choice changed? Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 41st Annual Conference, Denver, CO.  
20. Skinner, B. T. (2015, November). Estimating the relationship between broadband speed and distance education at public two-year institutions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Denver, CO.  
21. Doyle, W. R., & Skinner, B. T. (2015, February). Estimating the education-earnings equation using geographic variation. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 40th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.  
22. Skinner, B. T. (2014, March). An event history analysis of delayed college enrollment as a function of employment and wage. Paper presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy 39th Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.  
23. Skinner, B. T. (2013, November). Estimating the connection between broadband connectivity and participation rates in college eLearning. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, St. Louis, MO.  
24. Skinner, B. T. (2013, March). Coming up short: the European Credit Transfer System as a measure of quality in the EHEA. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society, New Orleans, LA.  

Invited presentations

1. Read, A., Beaty, T., & Skinner, B. T. (2022, March). The Case for Rural America: Broadband Access and Equity. Webinar in Diversi(tea) series.  
2. Doyle, W. R., & Skinner, B. T. (2015, November). Using data science to harness the big data revolution. Presidential session presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Denver, CO.  

Course presentations

1. Skinner, B. T. (2014, May). A spatial analysis of postsecondary degree attainment and distance to public two-year institutions in Tennessee. Poster presented at ANTH312 end of course poster session, Nashville, TN.