low-income students at an elite public university. We find that the program increased four-year graduation rates by about … 8 percentage points for eligible students in the cohorts who experienced the fully developed program. For these cohorts … performance. We conclude that aid programs targeting low-income, high-ability students are most successful when they couple grant …

State merit aid programs have been found to reduce the likelihood that students attend college out-of-state. Using the …

College students now use various forms of unsecured credit such as private student loans and credit cards to finance …

We evaluate a simple allocation mechanism of students to majors at college entry that was commonly used in universities … in Brazil in the 1990s and 2000s. Students first chose a single major and then took exams that select them in or out of … and is not strategy-proof. This means that some pairs of major & students can be made better off and that students tend to …

-achieving students and have the potential to influence students' allocation of time and effort between labor market activities, human … the amount of aid provided to a recipient and the percent of students who are recipients of aid, and in their selectivity …

The lawsuit Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University provided an unprecedented look at how an elite school …-ALDCs. Removing preferences for athletes and legacies would significantly alter the racial distribution of admitted students, with the …

higher education students by low-interest loans. We show that this reform had a large impact on education choices of … secondary school students, lowering their enrolments in college-preparing tracks and increasing the share of students … that secondary school students respond to the modes of higher education financing well ahead of their graduation, and that …

and students' cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children's learning time … decreased severely during the first school closures, particularly for low-achieving students, and increased only slightly one … activities. The review shows substantial losses in cognitive skills on achievement tests, particularly for students from …