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Teacher Expectations Matter
Papageorge, Nicholas W. - 2016
nationally representative dataset: two teachers provided their educational expectations for each student. We provide novel … elasticity of the likelihood of college completion with respect to teachers' expectations is about 0.12. On average, teachers are … white teachers is significantly larger for white students than for black students. This highlights a nuance that is …
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Determinants of tertiary graduations
Braconier, Henrik - 2015
This paper proposes and estimates a model of demand for and supply of graduations in tertiary education, which is then used to construct forward-looking scenarios for graduation rates by country. Consistent with evidence that economic returns to education have remained high in spite of rising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392823
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Differential Grading Standards and University Funding : Evidence from Italy
Bagues, Manuel - 2008
This paper documents that grades vary significantly across Italian universities and degrees. We provide evidence suggesting that these differences reflect the heterogeneity of grading standards. A straightforward implication of this result is that university funding schemes based on students'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012725633
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The Causes and Consequences of Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Fryer, Roland G.; Greenstone, Michael - 2007
Until the 1960s, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were practically the only institutions of higher learning open to Blacks in the US. Using nationally representative data files from 1970s and 1990s college attendees, we find that in the 1970s HBCU matriculation was associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014026240
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Teaching practices and social capital
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Shleifer, Andrei - 2011
We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are strongly related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516921
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Teaching Practices and Social Capital
Algan, Yann - 2011
We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are strongly related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119011
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Student Achievement and University Classes : Effects of Attendance, Size, Peers, and Teachers
Martins, Pedro S.; Walker, Ian - 2021
We examine the empirical determinants of student achievement in higher education, focusing our attention on its small-group teaching component (classes or seminars) and on the role of attendance, number of students per class, peers, and tutors. The empirical analysis is based on longitudinal...
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Teachers’ Burnout and its Relationship to Empowerment, Internal Service Quality and Perceived Inequality in Public Sector University
Yusof, Abdul; Yunus, Nek; Ghouri, Arsalan Mujahid - 2017
, perceived inequality to burnout. The results showed that burnout of teachers is negatively correlated to empowerment, internal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014038941
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Teacher Expectations Matter
Papageorge, Nicholas W. - 2018
-fulfilling prophecies. Our approach leverages a unique feature of a nationally representative dataset: two teachers provided their … respect to teachers' expectations of about 0.12. On average, teachers are overly optimistic about students' ability to … complete a four-year college degree. However, the degree of over-optimism of white teachers is significantly larger for white …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908178
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High school and exam scores : does their predictive validity for academic performance vary with programme selectivity?
Silva, Pedro Luis; Sá, Carla; Biscaia, Ricardo; … - 2022
Students are admitted into higher education based on their past performance. This paper compares two measures of past cognitive skills: teacher and national exam scores. By using a nationwide dataset, we look at how the predictive power of teacher assessment and exam scores for selecting...
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