Matt Chingos

Matt Chingos is a postdoctoral fellow at the Program on Education Policy and Governance at Harvard University and a research associate and project manager at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.  He studies education politics, economics, and policy at both the K–12 and postsecondary levels. He authored Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities, with William G. Bowen and Michael S. McPherson. His current research examines teacher labor markets, class-size reduction policies, citizen perceptions of school quality, online learning, and the college choices of low-income students.  Chingos received a B.A. in Government and Economics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University.