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 …

western rural China, the empirical study found that school expenditures on students and teachers account for only 12% of total … expenditures, while expenditures on school administration is as high as 72%. Expenditures on students and teachers (software) are …

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

administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post … for their greater prior achievement, and this is true in both non-STEM and STEM fields. Disabled students, students from … disadvantaged schools, and students who qualify for means-tested financial aid are less likely to complete and less likely to obtain …