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University access : the role of background and Covid-19 throughout the application process
Del Bono, Emilia; Fumagalli, Laura; Holford, Angus; … - 2022
universities than high SES or White students. We use student-level university application data from the UK centralised university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013260106
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Female admission cap in higher education : the case of Iran
Hering, Laura; Baiardi, Anna; Namini, Julian Emami - 2021 - This version: July 2021
significantly reduced university attendance by women relative to men. Additionally, we find that the policy had a negative impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012601056
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What is at Stake Without High-Stakes Exams? Students' Evaluation and Admission to College at the Time of Covid-19
Arenas, Andreu; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Loviglio, Annalisa - 2021
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315022
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What is at stake without high-stakes exams? : students' evaluation and admission to college at the time of COVID-19
Arenas, Andreu; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Loviglio, Annalisa - 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306356
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How tuition fees affected student enrollment at higher education institutions : the aftermath of a German quasi-experiment
Minor, Ralf - In: Journal for labour market research 57 (2023) 1, pp. 1-19
This study examines the impact of the charging of tuition fees between 2006 and 2014 in several German federal states on the number of first-year student enrollments. Since Germany is known for a tuition-free education policy at public institutions, the fundamental question arises of whether,...
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Assessing the Impact of the CARES Act on Online Students : A Case Study of Two-Year Public College
Zentner, Aeron - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has made a major impact on higher education and affected students’ livelihoods and attainment of education. To help students during these challenging times the Federal CARES Act was established to provide financial relief and support students in their time of need,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025939
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Institutional determinants of student achievement : microeconometric evidence
Link, Susanne - 2013
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the … Economics Departure of the University of Munich in December 2012. The thesis consists of four core chapters, each evaluating the … effect of a policy reform. Chapters 2 to 4 provide a contribution to the literature on economics of education and investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744092
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In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants and its impact on college enrollment, tuition costs, student financial aid, and indebtedness
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Sparber, Chad - 2012
The 1996 Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act barred states from giving unlawful residents postsecondary education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009621609
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In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants and Its Impact on College Enrollment, Tuition Costs, Student Financial Aid, and Indebtedness
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2012
The 1996 Immigration Reform and Responsibility Act barred states from giving unlawful residents postsecondary education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099713
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Fall Forward or Spring Back? Evaluating Student Outcomes of a Fall-Semester Transition Program at a Public Flagship University
Lapid, Patrick - 2019
Does the structure of the first-year college experience affect students' graduation outcomes? I investigate this question by evaluating UC Berkeley's Fall Program for Freshmen (FPF), a fall-semester program for undergraduates admitted for the following spring semester. During the fall semester,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899237