thousands of Nebraska high school graduates from low-income, minority, and first-generation college households. Randomly …- assigned STBF awards boost bachelor's (BA) degree completion for students targeting four-year schools by about 8 points. Degree …-generation students, and for students with relatively weak academic preparation …

examinations, states divide a continuous performance measure into dichotomous categories, so students with essentially identical … performance may have different outcomes. We find that, for low-income urban students on the margin of passing, failing the 10th … (89%) of students who fail the 10th grade mathematics examination retake it. However, although we find that low …

targeted subgroups of students have the lowest achievement and to implement reforms in these "Focus Schools." In this study, we …

between subgroups of students ("Focus" schools). We use administrative data from Michigan in a series of regression …-discontinuity analyses to study the effects of these reforms on schools and students. Overall, we find that neither reform had appreciable … were driven by stagnant performance of lower-achieving students alongside declines in the performance of their higher …

intended to improve outcomes for underprepared college students. But like a costly medical treatment with non-trivial side … students' high school performance, they could remediate substantially fewer students without lowering success rates in college …

We examine the long-term impacts of California's state-based financial aid by tracking students' educational and labor …

We study the evolution of a campus-based aid program for low-income students that began with grant-heavy financial aid … years (2004-2006), in which students received additional institutional grant aid and few non-financial supports, improved … postsecondary progress, performance, or completion. In contrast, program-eligible students in more recent cohorts (2007-2010), when …

leave the sciences and take longer to graduate at each campus. We show the vast majority of minority students would be more … results do not apply for non-minority students … growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student …