themselves. We also find that PhD production is negatively related to the total number of students and the share of total BAs …

subject interest. The data used in this paper helps identify average effects from male and female college students assigned to …-year undergraduate classes isolates gender interaction effects due to students reacting to instructors rather than instructors reacting … to students. In addition, by focusing on college, we examine the extent to which gender interactions may exist at later …

. This paper attempts to fill this void using a unique dataset of students at public, four-year colleges in Ohio. The paper …. Because students with alternative instructors may differ systematically from other students, the paper uses two empirical … differ by discipline. Adjuncts and graduate assistants negatively affect students in the humanities while positively …

in the college algebra course that is required for all BA degree program students. We find substantial variation in …

This study investigates how being exposed to a field of study influences students' major choices. We exploit a natural … experiment at a Swiss university where all first-year students face largely the same curriculum before they choose a major. An … important component of the first-year curriculum that varies between students involves a multi-term research paper in business …

informational and social support barriers to college application and enrollment among socioeconomically disadvantaged students …. Students who were randomly assigned to the program felt more supported during the college application process and applied more … intermediate outcomes were larger for the types of students we anticipated would most need additional support during the college …

College admissions in the U.S. is decentralized, with students applying separately to each school. This creates … the introduction of the Common Application (CA) platform, under which students submit a single application to all member … accepted students, consistent with increased student choice, and institutions respond to the reduced yield by admitting more …

College attendance is a risky investment. But students may not recognize when they are at risk for failure, and …, with negative impacts on persistence but positive effects on grades for students who remain enrolled. After three years … education by pushing out low-performing low-income students faster than their equally low-performing, but higher-income peers …

Students starting at a two-year college are much less likely to graduate with a college degree than similar students … of peer ability for most two-year and four-year colleges in the United States- the average PSAT of enrolled students. We … between students who start at two-year versus four-year institutions is explained by differences in peers, leaving room for …

This paper examines the effect of marginal price on students' educational investments using rich administrative data on … students at Michigan public universities. Students facing zero marginal price for credits above the full-time minimum (i.e., 12 … marginal price induces a modest share of students (i.e., 7 percent) to attempt up to one additional class (i.e., 3 credits) but …