I am a labor economist studying how the market structure and policy environment of higher education shape enrollment, attainment, and returns. My research considers how to improve opportunities for students on the margins of higher education, many of whom pursue vocational pathways. In recent work, I estimate the productivity of vocational programs at for-profit and community colleges, focusing on how academic match shapes degree attainment and labor-market returns. I find that for-profit programs cater to academically weaker students by offering programs with substantially lower academic requirements than comparable public alternatives. These streamlined degree pathways pay off for weaker students, who rarely graduate from public programs. More broadly, I use these findings to evaluate policies that might expand access to attainable, high-return workforce training.