. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message … increased the proportion of first generation and underrepresented minority (URM) students majoring in Economics by five … percentage points. This effect size was sufficient to reverse the gap in Economics majors between first generation/URM students …

. We randomly assigned over 2,200 students a message with basic information about the Economics major; the basic message … increased the proportion of first generation and underrepresented minority (URM) students majoring in Economics by five … percentage points. This effect size was sufficient to reverse the gap in Economics majors between first generation/URM students …

Millions of high school students who take an Advanced Placement (AP) course in one of over 30 subjects can earn college … that 15 percent of students' AP courses do not result in an AP exam. We predict that up to 32 percent of the AP courses … district exam subsidies on AP exam-taking rates. In fact, students on free and reduced-price lunch (FRL) in the districts that …