observed patterns of interaction. We find that, while much sorting exists at all stages of college, black and white students … friends as randomly assigned roommates of the same race. Further, we find that, in the long-run, white students who are … randomly assigned black roommates have a significantly larger proportion of black friends than white students who are randomly …

assigned to peer groups of about 30 students with whom they are required to spend the majority of their time interacting. This …

students in school. More specifically, we investigate how losing different types of social relationships during the transition … from elementary to middle school affect students' academic progress and general well-being. We use social relationships … identified by the students themselves in elementary school, as part of a unique aspect of the Tel Aviv school application process …

Community colleges have become an important entryway for students intending to complete a baccalaureate degree. However …, many question the viability of the transfer function and wonder whether students suffer a penalty for starting at a two …-year institution. This paper examines how the outcomes of community college entrants compare to similar students who initially entered …

stages of development instead stressed primary and secondary education. The number of undergraduate and graduate students in … in China has approximately quadrupled in the last 6 years. The size of entering classes of new students and total student …

outcomes, knowledge of the causal effect of the most fundamental input in the education production function - students' study …

This paper uses a new administrative dataset of students at a large university matched to courses and instructors to … interest outcomes. Student fixed effects, time of day and week controls, and the fact that first year students have little …'s influence on students while objective characteristics such as rank and salary do not. Whether an instructor teaches full-time or …