This paper assesses the importance of price regulation and price discrimination to low-income students' access to … increasing grant aid for low-income students and also enabled supply-side enhancements such as more spending per student, which … data on Texas public university students from 2000 to 2009 matched to earnings records, financial aid, and new measures of …

Students starting at a two-year college are much less likely to graduate with a college degree than similar students … of peer ability for most two-year and four-year colleges in the United States- the average PSAT of enrolled students. We … between students who start at two-year versus four-year institutions is explained by differences in peers, leaving room for …

amenities to their students. We estimate a discrete choice model of college demand using micro data from the high school classes … of 1992 and 2004, matched to extensive information on all four-year colleges in the U.S. We find that most students do … taste for amenities is broad-based, the taste for academic quality is confined to high-achieving students. The heterogeneity …

This paper examines the effect of marginal price on students' educational investments using rich administrative data on … students at Michigan public universities. Students facing zero marginal price for credits above the full-time minimum (i.e., 12 … marginal price induces a modest share of students (i.e., 7 percent) to attempt up to one additional class (i.e., 3 credits) but …