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 …

selective colleges to lower their curricular demands, low-ability students benefit at the expense of medium-ability students … better serve their most able students. This stylized model of curricular product differentiation in higher education offers …

of less able students. As we argue in the paper, this adjustment benefits low-ability college students at the expense of … colleges become a less appealing alternative for the medium ability students. The selective, elite colleges therefore adopt a … more demanding curriculum to better serve their most able students, again at the expense of medium ability students. The …

the two earliest-adopting states, nearly half of all students were induced into testing, and 40-45% of them earned scores … mandates, with no effect on overall attendance. I conclude that a large number of high-ability students appear to dramatically … human capital investment for a substantial number of students …

selective colleges to lower their curricular demands, low-ability students benefit at the expense of medium-ability students … better serve their most able students. This stylized model of curricular product differentiation in higher education offers …

study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based … on variation in the local field of study availability, we provide evidence that students who are not enrolled in their … impact on dropout is particularly strong among students of low socio-economic status and is driven by lower academic …

foreign students within university-degree across four cohorts of undergraduate students. Foreign peers have zero to mild …

significantly. Weanalyze how international student exchange affects students’ academic human capital. Usingdetailed student … findthat, on average, exchange students lose 7%in terms of grades relative to their non-mobile peers, but less so in Erasmus …-facilitated exchange.Since students’ academic performance is an important factor in companies’ hiring decisions, participation in …

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

administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post … for their greater prior achievement, and this is true in both non-STEM and STEM fields. Disabled students, students from … disadvantaged schools, and students who qualify for means-tested financial aid are less likely to complete and less likely to obtain …