We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to … deviation deterioration of the average grade. Further, the effect is heterogenous as female and higher income students seem …

"We study how class size and class composition affect the academic and labor market performance of college students … random assignment of students to teaching classes. We find that a one standard deviation increase in class-size results in a … males and lower income students. Also, the effects of class composition in terms of gender and ability appear to be inverse …

, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to faculty advisors during their first year of college … four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students' likelihood of enrolling and … graduating with a STEM degree. Our results indicate that allocating resources towards improving the quality of academic advising …

weekly earnings. Utilizing the fact that colleges dismiss low-performing students based on exact GPA cutoffs, we use a … regression discontinuity design to estimate the earnings impacts of college. Dismissed students are permitted to apply for … readmission, but since relatively few do so, these students end up completing fewer years of school and are approximately 10 …