Margaret de Leon

Margaret de Leon

Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Entry: 2023
Program: Higher Education
Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education
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Biography

Margaret researches college affordability, financial aid policy, and the experiences of working learners in the United States and Canada. She is a PhD student in Higher Education at OISE, a Vanier Scholar, and Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University and UC Berkeley, where she studies how financial aid systems shape student access and success. She also serves as a Junior Fellow and Don of Hall at Massey College.

Research Interests

  • college affordability
  • financial aid policy
  • economics of education
  • working learners and student employment
  • computational social science