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Measuring Opportunity in U.S. Higher Education

Hoxby, Caroline M. - 2019

In identifying whether universities provide opportunities for low-income students, there is a measurement challenge: different institutions face students with different incomes and preparation. We show how a hypothetical university's "relevant pool"-the students from whom it could plausibly...

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Earning your CAP : A Comprehensive Analysis of The University of Texas System's Coordinated Admissions Program

Andrews, Rodney J. - 2017

The competitive application process is the traditional path to gain access to selective public universities. There is … little research on alternative pathways to gain access to selective public universities. In this manuscript, we use the fuzzy … access via this path has an impact on choice of major, financial aid, and earnings …

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College Choice, Private Options, and The Incidence of Public Investment in Higher Education

Bound, John; Simon, Andrew - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Previous measures of the incidence of public investment in higher education focus on the transfer to public college students. This implies that the net benefits to students who do not attend public colleges is negative. However, they miss potential general equilibrium effects on the private...

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The Returns to College(s) : Relative Value-Added and Match Effects in Higher Education

Mountjoy, Jack; Hickman, Brent R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Students who attend different colleges in the U.S. end up with vastly different economic outcomes. We study the role of relative value-added across colleges within student choice sets in producing these outcome disparities. Linking high school, college, and earnings registries spanning the state...

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The Effects on Income of Type of College Attended

Solmon, Lewis C. - 1973

The effects of particular attributes of colleges on the subsequent earnings of individuals who attend are much discussed but rarely studied systematically. Here we seek to compare the earnings patterns of people attending different types of colleges. The classification of colleges used in this...

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Can Re-Enrollment Campaigns Help Dropouts Return to College? Evidence from Florida Community Colleges

Ortagus, Justin C. - 2020

Most students who begin at a community college leave without earning a degree. Given the growing emphasis on student success, many colleges have implemented re-enrollment campaigns designed to foster re-engagement and degree completion among former students. However, there is a lack of causal...

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How Does For-profit College Attendance Affect Student Loans, Defaults and Labor Market Outcomes?

Armona, Luis - 2018

For-profit providers are becoming an increasingly important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend for-profit institutions take on more educational debt, have worse labor market outcomes, and are more likely to default than students attending similarly-selective public...

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Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants? Evidence from State Laws Permitting Undocumented Immigrants to Pay In-state Tuition at State C...

Chin, Aimee - 2010

Ten states, beginning with Texas and California in 2001, have passed laws permitting undocumented students to pay the in-state tuition rate - rather than the more expensive out-of-state tuition rate - at public universities and colleges. We exploit state-time variation in the passage of the laws...

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The Effects of an Incentive-Based High-School Intervention on College Outcomes

Jackson, C. Kirabo - 2010

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 ethnicities attend college in greater numbers, have...

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Performance Standards in Need-Based Student Aid

Scott-Clayton, Judith - 2016

College attendance is a risky investment. But students may not recognize when they are at risk for failure, and financial aid introduces the possibility for moral hazard. Academic performance standards can serve three roles in this context: signaling expectations for success, providing...

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