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 …

colleges, which serve higher percentages of lower-income and minority students, have implications for policy, impending … enrollment patterns and the academic outcomes of community college students using administrative college-level panel data … covering the universe of students in the 116-college California Community College system. We find that community college …

mapped into the observed 1-5 integer scores, for over 4.5 million students. Earning higher AP integer scores positively … that receiving a score of 3 over a 2 on junior year AP exams causes students to take between 0.06 and 0.14 more AP exams …

depends on whether students are the same race or ethnicity as their instructors. To identify racial interactions and address … potential biases from sorting by focusing on students with restricted course enrollment options due to low registration … priorities, students not getting first section choices, and on courses with no within-term or within-year racial variation in …

instruction to minority students in STEM fields. We explore minority student-TA interactions in an important course in the … sciences and STEM - introductory chemistry labs - at a large public university. The uncommon assignment method of students to … students are less likely to drop courses and are more likely to pass courses when assigned to minority TAs, but we do not find …

smokeless tobacco and cigar use among college students. We do not find, however, any statistically significant association … students, a finding that is at odds with previous research on high school students …

This paper investigates whether college students' response to alcohol price and policies differ according to their … Alcohol Study (CAS). Students drinking behavior is classified on the basis of the number of drinks they typically consume on a …. We find that students who faced a higher money price for alcohol are less likely to make the transition from abstainer to …

College Alcohol Study (CAS) shows that marijuana use among college students rose 22 percent between 1993 and 1999. Are current … question by investigating the relationship between the demands for alcohol and marijuana for college students using data from …

students in U.S. colleges and universities. Drinking participation, participation in binge drinking and level of drinking … students are sensitive to the price of beer, with an average estimated price elasticity of drinking participation of -0.066 and … students. However, the results indicate that many elements of campus life, (including participation in a fraternity or sorority …

computers to students. Although computer ownership and use increased substantially, we find no effects on any educational …