This paper investigates the determinants of academic achievements of post-reform undergraduate students of Ca’ Foscari … University of Venice. Academic achievements are measured with the students’ grade point averages and time to graduation. The set … of independent variables contains information on students’ personal characteristics, prior academic achievements, family …

. This study estimates the effect of class size on academic performance of university students, distinguishing between STEM … of the effect along the dimensions of students' socio-economic status, ability, and gender, finding that in STEM … particular interest among policy makers for further growth in STEM subjects, which could lead to larger classes in these fields …

economics students. Time preferences are measured by stated preferences for an immediate payment over larger delayed payments …. Data on study efforts are derived from an electronic learning environment, which records the amount of time students are …. However, we find that impatient students obtain lower grades and fail final exams more often, suggesting that impatient …

of a two-day freshman orientation program for university students, I find that higher ability peers generate positive … students by 0.05 to 0.08 SD. I provide evidence that the effects result from the formation of lasting social ties, and that …

significantly influenced by the timing of their experiences. Using administrative data, we study whether the order in which students … Academy in which students are randomly assigned to certain courses either during or after the semester in which they are … required to select their college major. We find that when students are assigned to a course in the same semester as they select …

We investigate whether the academic performance of non-eligible students - in an institutional setting of full … compensatory manner, and are increasingly being targeted to misbehaving students. The hypothesis is thus that special education … resources might dampen the negative externalities associated with misbehaving students, and thus work to improve the performance …

access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these … students will perform. This paper examines the relationship between high school quality and student success at college. Using … schools in the state that send students to the university, but also provides an admission criteria based on a sole observable …

international PISA test (2009). We extend the analyses in two ways and find that students must differ considerably in the time …