Bridget Long
About Bridget Long
Dr. Bridget Terry Long is the Dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Long is an economist who focuses on education with an emphasis on the transition from high school to higher education and beyond. Her research examines factors that influence student enrollment decisions and persistence in post-secondary education, including affordability, academic preparation, and information. Long has conducted several large, randomized controlled trials to establish the causal effects of interventions designed to better support students. Working with co-authors, she has conducted major studies on the impact of information and assistance on completing financial aid forms (i.e. the FAFSA) and saving for college. Long has also used state administrative data to produce large-scale studies on the causal effects of post-secondary remediation, different types of instructors, and class size on college student outcomes. Additionally, several of her papers explore the supply side of higher education by studying the reactions of colleges and universities to changes in policy. Long is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a member of the National Academy of Education. She is on the Board of Directors for MDRC, a nonprofit social policy research organization, and the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE). Long has been a presidential appointee and served as Chair of the National Board for Education Sciences (NBES), the advisory panel of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) at the U.S. Department of Education. She was also a Visiting Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and recipient of the National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. Long received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the Harvard University Department of Economics and her A.B. from Princeton University in Economics with a Certificate in Afro-American Studies.