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Rising tuition and enrollment in public higher education
Hemelt, Steven W. (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper we review recent trends in tuition at public universities and estimate impacts on enrollment. We use data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System on all public four-year colleges and universities from 1991 to 2007 and illustrate that tuition increased dramatically...
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Should I stay or should I go ... North? : first job location of US trained doctorates 1957 - 2005
Ferrall, Christopher (contributor);  … - 2009
Based on a survey of graduating PhD students in the U.S., we study the determinants of location of their first jobs. We consider how locating in Canada versus the U.S. for all graduates is influenced by both their background and time-varying factors that affect international mobility. We also...
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How do college students form expectations?
Zafir, Basit - 2009
Because students rely on their subjective expectations when choosing a college major, understanding this process of expectations formation is crucial for education policy recommendations. This paper focuses on how college students form expectations about various major-specific outcomes. I...
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University study abroad and graduates' employability : there is a positive association between study abroad and graduates' job prospects
Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2014
In recent decades, the number of university students worldwide who have received some part of their education abroad has been rising rapidly. Despite the popularity of international student exchange programs, however, debate continues over what students gain from this experience. A major...
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Timing of college enrollment and family formation decisions
Humlum, Maria Knoth; Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; … - 2014
The level of progression of an individual's educational or labor market career is a potentially important factor for family formation decisions. We address this issue by considering the effects of a particular college admission system on family formation. We show that the admission system...
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Merit aid, student mobility, and the role of college selectivity
Chakrabarti, Rajashri; Roy, Joydeep - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the role of college selectivity in mobility decisions (both in-state and out-of-state) of freshmen students following Georgia’s HOPE scholarship program. How did HOPE affect the selectivity of colleges attended by Georgia’s freshmen students? Did it induce...
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Do study abroad programs enhance the employability of graduates?
Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2013
Despite the great popularity of international educational mobility schemes, relatively little research has been conducted to explore their benefits. Using data on a large sample of recent Italian graduates, this paper investigates the extent to which participation in study abroad programs during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201331
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Broken gears : the value added of higher education on teachers' academic achievement
Balcázar, Carlos Felipe; Nopo, Hugo - 2014
A growing literature establishes that good teachers are essential for high quality educational systems. However, little is known about teachers' skills formation during their college years. In this paper we use a novel panel data set combining two standardized tests for Colombian students: one...
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A hazard model of the probability of medical school dropout in the United Kingdom
Arulampalam, Wiji; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy - 2001
From individual-level longitudinal data for two entire cohorts of medical students in UK universities, we analyse the probability that an individual student will "drop out" of medical school prior to the successful completion of their studies. We examine the cohort of students enrolling for a...
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Percent plans, automatic admissions, and college outcomes
Daugherty, Lindsay; Martorell, Paco; McFarlin, Isaac - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-29
automatic admissions on college choice and persistence for students in a diverse urban school district. Regression discontinuity … estimates show that eligibility for guaranteed admissions has a substantial impact on enrollments at Texas flagship universities …), suggesting that automatic admissions may have little effect on students in the most disadvantaged schools. …
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