Research Highlights

Dr. Villarreal's research in education has focused on evaluating policies, programs, and structures that affect educational achievement of students from marginalized communities. His research has paid special interest to early education and college and career readiness. 

 

Much of his research has focused on college readiness and completion. He has researched the impact of early college coursework such as dual credit on college enrollment and degree completion. He has also authored and co-authored numerous studies on the efficacy of financial aid programs. In a recent research project that won National Science Foundation funding to be extended statewide (2021), he examined school mobility and its effects on educational achievement in Bexar County (2020).