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This article reviews the recent literature on the determinants of college major choices. We first highlight long-term trends and persistent differences in college major choices by gender, race, and family background. We then review the existing research in six key areas: expected earnings and...
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We used a random-assignment experiment in Los Angeles Unified School District to evaluate various non-experimental methods for estimating teacher effects on student test scores. Having estimated teacher effects during a pre-experimental period, we used these estimates to predict student...
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College completion and college success often lag behind college attendance. One theory as to why students do not …. Over the course of two separate school years, InsideTrack, a student coaching service, provided coaching to students from … public, private, and proprietary universities. Most of the participating students were non-traditional college students …
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best viewed as the end result of a learning process. We find that students enter college as open to a major in math or … science as to any other major group, but that a large number of students move away from math and science after realizing that … because students realize that their ability in math/science is lower than expected rather than because students realize that …
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government and reached 30% of student loan applicants. We show that the low-income and low-achieving students who apply to low … correctly centered. Treatment causes low-income students to reduce their demand for low-return degrees by 4.6%, and increases …-earning college degree programs overestimate earnings for past graduates by over 100%, while beliefs for high-achieving students are …
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out from tertiary education: SGL reduced the first year dropout rate by 6.8% for students enrolled in five-year colleges … program has been more effective in reducing the probability of dropping out for low-skilled individuals from low-income … incentivized higher education institutions to retain students at the expense of not securing the quality of education …
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one or more cohorts of students take three or more tests in the subject of interest (e.g., state assessments in three …
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one student has been in a given school. I examine whether and how school tenure impacts students' output using rich cohort … data on England's secondary schools. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimates suggest that, on average, students benefit from … (TSLS) estimates suggest the effects of school tenure are positive and heterogeneous across students. While advantaged …
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To improve public services, public sector managers must encourage reticent civil servants to enact effective reforms. We show through a randomized controlled trial that school principals, i.e., school mangers, can act as leaders to improve Instructional Management (0.3SD) and student learning...
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