We study a structural model of college admissions framed as a contest between a continuum of students for enrollment in … a continuum of colleges where the contest outcome is decided by the students' choice of human capital (HC). Students … students, and means-tested affirmative action (AA). An AA ban would result in a large migration of minority students out of the …

students perform across HBCUs and non-HBCUs by looking at a relatively broad range of outcomes, including college and graduate …

grades. However, course grades of first-generation students decrease in response to Honors admission, driven by low …-achieving students at public universities, but not all students benefit from Honors admission. …

first-generation students decrease in response to Honors admission, driven by low performance in natural science courses …. Results suggest that selective Honors programs can accelerate skill acquisition for high-achieving students at public … universities, but not all students benefit from Honors admission. …