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Minding the gap: academic outcomes from pre-college programs
Kotlikoff, Phoebe; Rahman, Ahmed S.; Smith, Katherine A. - 2021
This paper analyzes the effects of assignment to a one-year college preparatory program on academic performance in college. To measure the value added from pre-college programs, we use a large dataset of United States Naval Academy students from the 1988 to 2018 graduating classes, of which a...
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General education in higher education
Williams, Aston R. - 1968
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014392078
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What can students gain from China's higher education?
Li, Hongbin; Wang, Huan; Cousineau, Claire; Boswell, Matthew - In: Asian economic policy review : AEPR 18 (2023) 2, pp. 287-304
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Providing MOOCs: A FUN way to enroll students?
Jacqmin, Julien - In: Information economics and policy : IEP 48 (2019), pp. 32-39
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Enrolments in higher education in West Germany : the impact of social background, labour market returns and educational funding
Lauer, Charlotte - 2000
This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of … social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public … basis of GSOEP and regional data. The results show that the probability of enrolment in higher education is mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445166
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Enrolments in Higher Education in West Germany : The Impact of Social Background, Labour Market Returns and Educational Funding
Lauer, Charlotte - 2008
This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of … social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public … basis of GSOEP and regional data. The results show that the probability of enrolment in higher education is mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014074817
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Enrolments in higher education in West Germany : the impact of social background, labour market returns and educational funding
Lauer, Charlotte - 2000
This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of … social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public … basis of GSOEP and regional data. The results show that the probability of enrolment in higher education is mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428378
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Gender separation and academic achievement in higher education : evidence from a natural experiment in Iran
Kamal, Zahra - 2021
-sex schooling, this paper addresses the dearth of the research in the context of higher education as well as the context of Muslim …-majority countries where single-sex education is prevalent. Empirical findings show that when students’ characteristics and educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619812
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Timing of college enrollment and family formation decisions
Humlum, Maria Knoth; Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; … - 2014
The level of progression of an individual's educational or labor market career is a potentially important factor for family formation decisions. We address this issue by considering the effects of a particular college admission system on family formation. We show that the admission system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010236447
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The effects of the Kalamazoo Promise scholarship on college enrollment, persistence, and completion
Bartik, Timothy J.; Hershbein, Brad; Lachowska, Marta - 2015
We estimate the effects on postsecondary education outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise, a generous place-based college …
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