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weekly earnings. Utilizing the fact that colleges dismiss low-performing students based on exact GPA cutoffs, we use a … regression discontinuity design to estimate the earnings impacts of college. Dismissed students are permitted to apply for … readmission, but since relatively few do so, these students end up completing fewer years of school and are approximately 10 …
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Students are admitted into higher education based on their past performance. This paper compares two measures of past … teacher assessment and exam scores for selecting successful students may vary with the degree of selectivity of higher … education programmes. We find that teacher scores predict students' performance in higher education more accurately, and its …
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into university in order to enrich and enhance the planning of the needed university places for first-year students. The … estimate an alternative number of first-year students and to open up a range of possible solutions. …
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weekly earnings. Utilizing the fact that colleges dismiss low-performing students based on exact GPA cutoffs, we use a … regression discontinuity design to estimate the earnings impacts of college. Dismissed students are permitted to apply for … readmission, but since relatively few do so, these students end up completing fewer years of school and are approximately 10 …
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For-profit providers are becoming an increasingly important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend … than students attending similarly-selective public schools. Because for-profits tend to serve students from more …. The first-stage estimates show that students are much more likely to enroll in a for-profit institution for a given labor …
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enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We find for both that disadvantaged students match to lower quality degrees …
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discontinuity design. Loan programs induce students to pursue college degrees that are more expensive and prolonged relative to … education when students are about 30 years old. The college premium seems to increase over time, possibly offsetting the initial …
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The lawsuit Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University provided an unprecedented look at how an elite school …-ALDCs. Removing preferences for athletes and legacies would significantly alter the racial distribution of admitted students, with the …
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. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for … women but not for men. Moreover, when students of the own gender are relatively abundant, the probability of having a …
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students’ blood donation behaviors and their demographic, academic, leadership, and military characteristics at a military … college in the U.S. We find that blood donation participation rates for students at this military college are much higher than … find that college students’ blood donation behaviors may be influenced by their attitudes toward civic responsibility, time …
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