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There is no clear theoretical prediction regarding whether home computers are an important input in the educational … first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … attending a large community college in Northern California were randomly selected to receive free computers and were followed …
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impact of a one-to-one technology program implemented on a large scale over a multiyear period. With administrative school …
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colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in … first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … home computers and enrollment in transferable courses and actual transfers to 4-year colleges. The results from the field …
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colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in … first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … home computers and enrollment in transferable courses and actual transfers to 4-year colleges. The results from the field …
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colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in … first-ever field experiment randomly providing free computers to students, we examine the relationships between access to … home computers and enrollment in transferable courses and actual transfers to 4-year colleges. The results from the field …
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We consider whether the US should extend Pell grant eligibility to short-term certificate programs (i.e., below the current floor of 600 hours). We provide new descriptive evidence on who enrolls in certificate programs, who completes them, how students finance them, who defaults on loans, and...
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the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and … email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren …
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the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and … email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren …
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