Joel Vargas
Joel Vargas studies and advises on state policies to promote improved rates of high school and postsecondary success for underserved students. He has focused in particular on new education pathways that blend high school and college, such as early college high schools and comprehensive dual enrollment programs. He has directed, initiated, and studied a variety of middle school and high school programs designed to promote college-going for underrepresented students. He also has been a teacher, editor, and research assistant for the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, co-editor of Double the Numbers: Increasing Postsecondary Credentials for Underrepresented Youth (Harvard Education Press) and Minding the Gap: Why Integrating High School with College Makes Sense and How to Do It (Harvard Education Press). He was featured in the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of "Higher Education's Next Generation of Thinkers." Dr. Vargas received a B.S. in journalism from Boston University, and earned his Ed.D. from Harvard University.
