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A new multi-dimensional conceptualization of individual achievement in college

Berea, Anamaria; Tsvetovat, Maksim; Daun-Barnett, Nathan; … - In: Decision Analytics 2 (2015), pp. 1-15

define and examine a new concept of thriving in college. Both the literature and the data suggest that a multidimensional … concept of thriving is better suited for predicting student achievement. We base our data analysis on the data we collected … solely on academic performance, and that there is no single factor that predicts thriving in college, in general, for an …

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The effects of state merit aid programs on attendance at elite colleges

Sjoquist, David L.; Winters, John V. - 2015

State merit aid programs have been found to reduce the likelihood that students attend college out-of-state. Using the U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities to measure college quality and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data to measure enrollment, we...

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The relationship between Siblings’ College choices : evidence from one million SAT-Taking families

Goodman, Joshua S.; Hurwitz, Michael; Smith, Jonathan; … - 2014

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Matching in the dark? : inequalities in student to degree match

Campbell, Stuart; Macmillan, Lindsey; Murphy, Richard; … - 2021

This paper examines inequalities in the match between student and degree quality using linked administrative data from schools, universities and tax authorities. We analyse two measures of match at the university-subject level: undergraduate enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We...

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Walking in your footsteps : Sibling spillovers in higher education choices

Aguirre, Josefa; Matta, Juan - In: Economics of education review 80 (2021), pp. 1-28

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Competing campuses : equilibrium prices, admissions, and undergraduate programs in US higher education

Cook, Emily E. - 2021

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The relationship between siblings' college choices : evidence from one million SAT-taking families

Goodman, Joshua S.; Hurwitz, Michael; Smith, Jonathan; … - In: Economics of education review 48 (2015), pp. 75-85

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The impact of campus scandals on college applications

Smith, Jonathan; Rooney, Patrick; Smith, Jonathan - 2016

In recent years, there have been a number of high profile scandals on college campuses, ranging from cheating to hazing to rape. With so much information regarding a college's academic and non-academic attributes available to students, how do these scandals affect their applications? To...

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The returns to college choice : loans, scholarships and labor outcomes

Montoya, Ana Maria; Noton Norambuena, Carlos; Solis, Alex - 2018

To estimate causal effects of college choice, we exploit eligibility rules for student loans in a regression discontinuity design. Loan programs induce students to pursue college degrees that are more expensive and prolonged relative to technical education. Although higher education is...

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Choosing transfer institutions : examining the decisions of Texas community college students transferring to four-year institutions

Jabbar, Huriya; Edwards, Wesley - In: Education economics 28 (2020) 2, pp. 156-178

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