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Marginal Returns to Public Universities
Mountjoy, Jack - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper studies the causal impacts of public universities on the outcomes of their marginally admitted students. I use administrative admission records spanning all 35 public universities in Texas, which collectively enroll 10 percent of American public university students, to systematically...
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What Went Wrong with Federal Student Loans?
Looney, Adam; Yannelis, Constantine - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
At a time when the returns to college and graduate school are at historic highs, why do so many students struggle with …
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PLUS or Minus? : The Effect of Graduate School Loans on Access, Attainment, and Prices
Black, Sandra E.; Turner, Lesley J.; Denning, Jeffrey T. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In 2006, the federal government effectively uncapped student borrowing for graduate programs with the introduction of the Graduate PLUS loan program. Access to additional federal loans increased graduate students' borrowing and shifted the composition of their loans from private to federal debt....
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Loopholes and the Incidence of Public Services : Evidence from Funding Career & Technical Education
Goldring, Thomas; Jacob, Brian Aaron; Kreisman, Daniel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
In 2015, Michigan increased its Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding and changed its funding formula to reimburse programs-based student progression through program curricula. Although this change nearly doubled program completion rates, student enrollment and persistence were unaffected;...
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Economic Budgeting for Endowment-Dependent Universities
Campbell, John Y.; Stein, Jeremy C.; Wu, Alex A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
To understand their financial position, universities need to understand the long-term implications of their operating revenues and costs in relation to the financial assets they have available. Standard budgeting procedures that focus on one or two years at a time and use generally accepted...
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The Racial Wealth Gap, Financial Aid, and College Access
Levine, Phillip B.; Ritter, Dubravka - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
impact on college access and outcomes. Retirement savings and home equity are excluded from the formula used to estimate the … issue and explore its relationship with observed differences in college attendance, types of institutions attended, degrees …
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College Costs, Financial Aid, and Student Decisions
Dynarski, Susan M.; Page, Lindsay C.; Scott-Clayton, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The increasing tension between the perceived necessity of a college degree and the challenge of paying for it has led … outside the U.S. on the causal impact of a variety of financial aid policies and programs on students' college decisions …, attainment, and post-college outcomes, and summarize the overarching themes with respect to margins of impact, mechanisms, and …
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The Effect of College and University Endowments on Financial Aid, Admissions, and Student Composition
Bulman, George - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper examines how private college and university endowments affect financial aid, admissions selectivity, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362058
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The Effect of Multitasking on Educational Outcomes and Academic Dishonesty
Lavy, Victor - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
School authorities, universities, and employers often schedule multiple tests on the same day or week, causing overlapping exam preparation and a dense testing schedule. This multitask learning can be intense, under pressure, and challenge the student's mental and physical perseverance. As a...
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Education and Income in the Early 20th Century : Evidence from the Prairies
Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1999
high school, and to a year of college, were substantial in 1915 - about 11 percent for all males and in excess of 12 … percent for young males. Some of the return to years of high school and college arose because more education allowed …
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