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 …

students respond to their menus' like rational human capital investors. Whether they make the investments efficiently is … aptitude students respond to aid in a way that apparently reduces their lifetime present value. While both a lack of … sophistication/information and credit constraints can explain the behavior of this 30 percent of students, the weight of the evidence …

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

traditional on-campus college programs. The Colombian context is uniquely suited to study this topic, as students take a … students in online and on-campus programs both across and within institutions, degrees, and majors. Using inverse probability … results suggest that bachelor’s degree students in online programs perform worse on nearly all test score measures (including …

. 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 …

High school students from disadvantaged high schools in Toronto were invited to take two surveys, about three weeks … apart. Half of the students taking the first survey were also shown a 3 minute video about the benefits of post secondary … education (PSE) and invited to try out a financial-aid calculator. Most students' perceived returns to PSE were high, even among …

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

-time college students in the United States between 1961 and 2003. Full-time students allocated 40 hours per week toward class and … easily accounted for by framing effects, work or major choices, or compositional changes in students or schools. We conclude …

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

Remediation is an important part of American higher education with approximately one-third of students requiring … become critical of the practice. Despite the growing debate and the thousands of under prepared students who enter college … critical issue by examining the effect of math remediation using a unique dataset of approximately 8,600 students at …