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 …

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 …

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

-income students. This implies that there is scope for a policy to redirect loan dollars – and therefore students – from low …

school student performance, gender of faculty, and economic returns of majors. Finally, we examine how students' decisions … signals) to impel female students to switch majors …

Students from 4-year colleges often arrive having already done very well in high school, but by the end of first term …, a wide dispersion of performance emerges, with an especially large lower tail. Students that do well in first year (we … call the top 10 percent Thrivers) tend to continue to do well throughout the rest of their time in university. Students …

This paper examines non-price competition among colleges to attract highly qualified students, exploiting the South … about students that is of common interest to all colleges, lower-ranked colleges can gain in competition with higher …

We examine the role of information in the college matching behavior of low- and high-income students, exploiting a … state automatic admissions policy that provides some students with perfect a priori certainty of college admissions. We find … that admissions certainty encourages college-ready low-income students to seek more rigorous universities. Low …