Holzer and Baum's recent book, 'Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students,' provides an … the underlying lack of preparedness and motivation of college students. I argue that making mandatory some existing …

- longitudinal data on students' smartphone use and educational performance. For three consecutive years we surveyed all students … of academic achievement. These survey data were merged with the exam scores of these students. We analysed the resulting …

addressing unobserved residence-country features, we find similar results when assigning migrant students their country …

exam results is more outspoken for students (i) with highly educated fathers, (ii) with divorced parents and (iii) who are …, and other drivers of academic success with the exam scores of first-year students at two Belgian universities. The … in good health. Policy-makers should at least invest in information and awareness campaigns of teachers and parents to …

- longitudinal data on students' smartphone use and educational performance. For three consecutive years we surveyed all students … of academic achievement. These survey data were merged with the exam scores of these students. We analysed the resulting …