Gregory Wolniak

Clinical Associate Professor of Higher Education

Phone: (212) 998-5067
Email: gw44@nyu.edu

Departments:

Administration, Leadership, and Technology

Programs:

Higher Education

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Wolniak CV

Gregory Wolniak conducts research on the career and economic impacts of college, as well as the factors that influence students’ pathways into college. He is particularly interested in understanding how college students’ socioeconomic trajectories are affected by their experiences in college, their educational choices, and their institutional environments, and the degree to which learning and developmental gains students make during college translate to post-college outcomes. Wolniak is co-author on the recently-released 3rd volume of How College Affects Students (Wiley/Jossey-Bass), has published widely on the earnings effects of the college experience and has been Principal Investigator on numerous externally-funded projects, most recently receiving grants from the Spencer Foundation and the Access Group/Association for Institutional Research. Wolniak is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, Teachers College Record, and Sociology of Education, with recent publications appearing in AERA Open, Teachers College Record, and Research in Higher Education. Prior to coming to NYU, Wolniak was a Senior Research Scientist with NORC at the University of Chicago. He received his doctorate in 2004 from the University of Iowa.

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Publications

Wolniak, G.C., & Engberg, M.E. (in press). The Influence of “High-Impact” College Experiences on Early Career Outcomes. Review of Higher Education.
Alen, D., & Wolniak, G.C. (2018). Exploring the Effects of Tuition Increases on Racial/Ethnic Diversity at Public Colleges and Universities. Research in Higher Education. Available "Online first" at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11162-018-9502-6.
Seifert, T.A., Bowman, N.A., Wolniak, G.C., Rockenbach, A.N., & Mayhew, M.J. (2017). Ten Challenges and Recommendations for Advancing Research on the Effects of College on Students. AERA Open, 3(2), 1-12. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2332858417701683.
Mayhew, M. J., Rockenbach, A.B., Bowman, N.A., Seifert, T.A., & Wolniak, G.C. (2016). How College Affects Students: 21st Century Evidence that Higher Education Works. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Wolniak, G.C. (2016). Examining STEM bachelor's degree completion for students with differing propensities at college entry. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory, and Practice, 18(3), 287-309.
Wells, R.C., Wolniak, G.C., Engberg, M.E., & Manly, C.A. (2016). Socioeconomic Disparities in the Use of college admission-enhancing strategies among high school seniors from the 1990s to 2000s. Teachers College Record, 118(9), 1-36.
Wolniak, G.C., Wells, R.C., Engberg, M.E., & Manly, C.A. (2016). College enhancement strategies and socioeconomic inequality. Research in Higher Education, 57, 310-334.
Wolniak, G.C., & Rekoutis, P.A. (2016). Factors associated with college coping among high achieving scholarship recipients from adverse backgrounds. Teachers College Record, 118, 1-31.
Engberg, M.E., & Wolniak, G.C. (2014). An examination of the moderating effects of the high school socioeconomic context on college enrollment. The High School Journal, 97, 240-263.
Bartolone, J., Halverson, M.L., Hoffer, T.B., Wolniak, G.C., et al. (2014). Evaluation of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Chicago, IL: NORC. (link)
Hu, S., & Wolniak, G.C. (2013). College student engagement and early career earnings: Differences by gender, race/ethnicity, and academic preparation. Review of Higher Education, 36, 211-233.
Engberg, M.E., & Wolniak, G.C. (2013). College student pathways to the STEM disciplines. Teachers College Record, 115, 1-27.
Wolniak, G.C., Neishi, K.M., Rude, J.D., & Gebhardt, Z. (2012). The State of Our Nation’s Youth: 2012–2013. Alexandria, VA: Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc. (link)
Wolniak, G.C., Mayhew, M.J., & Engberg, M.E. (2012). Learning's weak link to persistence. Journal of Higher Education, 83, 795-823.
Melguizo, T., & Wolniak, G.C. (2012). The earnings benefits of majoring in STEM fields among high achieving minority students. Research in Higher Education, 53, 383-405.
Hu, S., & Wolniak, G.C. (2010). Initial evidence on the influence of college student engagement on early career earnings. Research in Higher Education, 52, 750-766.
Wolniak, G.C., & Engberg, M.E. (2010). Academic achievement in the first year of college: Evidence of the pervasive effects of the high school context. Research in Higher Education, 51, 451-467.
Engberg, M.E., & Wolniak, G.C. (2010). Examining the effects of high school contexts on postsecondary enrollment. Research in Higher Education, 51, 132-153.
Engberg, M.E., & Wolniak, G.C. (2009). Navigating disparate pathways to college: Examining the conditional effects of race on enrollment decisions. Teachers College Record, 111, 2255-79.
Wolniak, G.C., Seifert, T.A., Reed, E.J., & Pascarella, E.T. (2008). College majors and social mobility. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 26, 123-139.
Mayhew, M.J., Wolniak, G.C., & Pascarella, E.T. (2008). How educational practices affect the development of life-long learning orientations in traditionally-aged undergraduate students. Research in Higher Education, 49, 337-356.
Seifert, T.A., Goodman, K.M., Lindsay, N., Jorgensen, J., Wolniak, G.C., Pascarella, E.T., & Blaich, C. (2008). The effects of liberal arts experiences on liberal arts outcomes. Research in Higher Education, 49, 107-125.
Wolniak, G.C., & Engberg, M.E. (2007). The effects of high school feeder networks on college enrollment. Review of Higher Education, 31, 27-53.
Wolniak, G.C., & Pascarella, E.T. (2007). Initial evidence on the long-term impacts of Work Colleges. Research in Higher Education, 48, 39-71.
Cruce, T.M., Wolniak, G.C., Seifert, T.A., & Pascarella, E.T. (2006). Impacts of good practices on cognitive development, learning orientations, and graduate degree plans during the first year of college. Journal of College Student Development, 47, 365-383.
Pascarella, E.T., Cruce, T., Umbach, P.D., Wolniak, G.C., Kuh, G.D., Carini, R.M., Hayek, J.C., Gonyea, R. M., & Zhao, C. (2006). Institutional selectivity and good practices in undergraduate education: How strong is the link? Journal of Higher Education, 77, 251-285.
Wolniak, G.C., & Pascarella, E.T. (2005). The effects of college major and job field congruence on job satisfaction. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 67, 233-251.
Pascarella, E.T., Pierson, C.T., Wolniak, G.C., & Terenzini, P.T. (2004). First-generation college students: Additional evidence on college experiences and outcomes. Journal of Higher Education, 75, 249-284.
Pascarella, E.T., Wolniak, G.C., Cruce, T.M., & Blaich, C.F. (2004). Do liberal arts colleges really foster good practices in undergraduate education? Journal of College Student Development, 45, 57-74.
Pascarella, E.T., Wolniak, G.C., Flowers, L.A., & Pierson, C.T. (2004). The role of race in the development of plans for a graduate degree. Review of Higher Education, 27, 299-320.
Pascarella, E.T., & Wolniak, G.C. (2004). Change or not to change – Is there a question? A response to Pike. Journal of College Student Development, 45, 353-355.
Pascarella, E.T., Wolniak, G.C., & Pierson, C.T. (2003). Influences on community college students’ educational plans. Research in Higher Education, 44, 301-314.
Pascarella, E.T., Wolniak, G.C., Pierson, C.T., & Terenzini, P.T. (2003). Experiences and outcomes of first-generation students in community colleges: A research note. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 420-429.
Pascarella, E.T., Wolniak, G.C., & Pierson, C.T. (2003). Explaining student growth in college when you don’t think you are. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 122-125.
Pierson, C.T., Wolniak, G.C., Pascarella, E.T., & Flowers, L.A. (2003). Impacts of two-year and four-year college attendance on learning orientations. Review of Higher Education, 26, 299-321.
Wolniak, G.C., Pierson, C.T., & Pascarella, E.T. (2001). Effects of intercollegiate athletic participation on male orientations toward learning. Journal of College Student Development, 42, 604–624.

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