While nearly all colleges and universities in the United States use academic probation as a means to signal to students … college may serve as a short term "wake up call" to some students, in that second semester performance is improved. However …, our findings also suggest that this short term boost in performance fades out over time and students who are on academic …

significantly influenced by the timing of their experiences. Using administrative data, we study whether the order in which students … Academy in which students are randomly assigned to certain courses either during or after the semester in which they are … required to select their college major. We find that when students are assigned to a course in the same semester as they select …

We use administrative data from Ireland to study differences in college application behavior between students from … completely on grades in the terminal high school examinations. Thus, we can compare the application choices of students who have … equal chances of admission to college programs. Conditional on achievement and college opportunities, we find that students …

The study evaluates the effectiveness of a 12-week AI module delivered to non-STEM university students in England …, aimed at building students' AI Capital, encompassing AI-related knowledge, skills, and capabilities. An integral part of the … process involved the development and validation of the AI Capital of Students scale, used to measure AI Capital before and …

The study evaluates the effectiveness of a 12-week AI module delivered to non-STEM university students in England …, aimed at building students' AI Capital. An integral part of the process involved the development and validation of the AI … Capital of Students scale, used to measure AI Capital before and after the educational intervention. The module was delivered …

This study investigates the impact of a low-cost, color-coded scale intervention designed to inform university students … about the expected workload for a course, with the aim of improving students’ academic performance and learning behaviors … semester. Students who were treated once experienced no significant effect, but those who additionally received the second …

effect on the individual decision to attend university and observe stronger peer effects among groups of students of similar …

, and a natural experiment conducted on, students from the United States Naval Academy (USNA). We develop a conceptual … rich set of covariates and the random assignment of students to peer groups. We find that students can be influenced by …

-economic groups that are further amplified upon students' adjustment of their educational choices in the course of studies. The best … assign, on average, lower grades and conjectured that female students exhibit stronger aversion to low grades, hence their … attachment to the field. A key implication is that categories of students who attach high importance to pecuniary benefits of …

of a two-day freshman orientation program for university students, I find that higher ability peers generate positive … students by 0.05 to 0.08 SD. I provide evidence that the effects result from the formation of lasting social ties, and that …