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Addressing Non-Financial Barriers to College Access and Success : Evidence and Policy Implications
Dynarski, Susan M.; Nurshatayeva, Aizat; Page, Lindsay C.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Non-financial barriers to college are an important possible explanation for socioeconomic, racial, gender, and other gaps in college access and success. A sizeable economic literature documents policy efforts to understand and address these barriers. We review this literature on non-financial...
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Bridging the Gap : Mismatch Effects and Catch-Up Dynamics in a Brazilian College Affirmative Action
Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho; Santos, Alei; Severnini, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
-beneficiaries. Using comprehensive administrative data from a leading Brazilian university which implemented affirmative action in 2005, we … college and less likely to graduate, a result that is mostly driven by those who would not be admitted to the university …
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Schooling and Intergenerational Mobility : Consequences of Expanding Higher Education Institutions
Katzkowicz, Noemí; Lavy, Victor; Querejeta, Martina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
building many university campuses across Uruguay. Leveraging temporal and geographic variation in program implementation, we … lowering the distance to a university campus, the program successfully increased university enrollment, particularly of less … privileged students who are the first in their families to attend a university. The program impacted students from localities up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437037
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Marginal Returns to Public Universities
Mountjoy, Jack - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
American public university students, to systematically identify and employ decentralized cutoffs in SAT/ACT scores that …
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Transparency and Percent Plans
Kapor, Adam - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
attending a flagship university was due to information rather than mechanical effects. Students induced to enroll are more …
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Women's Colleges and Economics Major Choice : Evidence from Wellesley College Applicants
Butcher, Kristin F.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Weerapana, Akila - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Many observers argue that diversity in Economics and STEM fields is critical, not simply because of egalitarian goals, but because who is in a field may shape what is studied by it. If increasing the rate of majoring in mathematically-intensive fields among women is a worthy goal, then...
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Pareto Improvements in the Contest for College Admissions
Krishna, Kala; Lychagin, Sergey; Olszewski, Wojciech; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
College admissions in many countries are based on a centrally administered test. Applicants invest a great deal of resources to improve their performance on the test, and there is growing concern about the large costs associated with these activities. We consider modifying such tests by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334438
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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 to a proliferation of financial aid policy in the U.S. and around the world. More students are receiving more aid today, and more different types of aid, than ever before. Half a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334492
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Making the (Letter) Grade : The Incentive Effects of Mandatory Pass/Fail Courses
Butcher, Kristin F.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Weerapana, Akila - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In Fall 2014, Wellesley College began mandating pass/fail grading for courses taken by first-year, first-semester students, although instructors continued to record letter grades. We identify the causal effect of the policy on course choice and performance, using a...
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Experimental Estimates of College Coaching on Postsecondary Re-enrollment
Turner, Lesley J.; Gurantz, Oded - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
College attendance has increased significantly over the last few decades, but dropout rates remain high, with fewer than half of all adults ultimately obtaining a postsecondary credential. This project investigates whether one-on-one college coaching improves college attendance and completion...
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