As a companion paper to our work on students' application and colleges' admission decisions, we have estimated a joint …

For-profit providers are becoming an increasingly important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend … than students attending similarly-selective public schools. Because for-profits tend to serve students from more …. The first-stage estimates show that students are much more likely to enroll in a for-profit institution for a given labor …

I analyze the effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for passing scores on … Advanced Placement exams on college outcomes. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that affected students of all … freshman year. Moreover, the program improves college outcomes even for those students who would have enrolled in college …

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 …

enrollment impacts, particularly for low-income students and for those attending two-year colleges. The states have chosen to …

of credit accumulation and bachelor's degree completion within six years, with a 22 percent increase for students near …

, particularly at four-year programs. Awards offered to prospective community college students had little effect on college …

: SGL reduced the first year dropout rate by 6.8% for students enrolled in five-year colleges and by 64.3% for those … institutions to retain students at the expense of not securing the quality of education …

Ten states, beginning with Texas and California in 2001, have passed laws permitting undocumented students to pay the …