education in top colleges accessible to students from peripheral areas who typically did not enroll in university programs …

of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change … from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas decreased both retention and graduation rates of lower-ranked minority … students. Results show that both fall-to-fall freshmen retention and six-year college graduation of second-decile minority …

of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change … from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas decreased both retention and graduation rates of lower-ranked minority … students. Results show that both fall-to-fall freshmen retention and six-year college graduation of seconddecile minority …

thousands of Nebraska high school graduates from low-income, minority, and first-generation college households. Randomly …- assigned STBF awards boost bachelor's (BA) degree completion for students targeting four-year schools by about 8 points. Degree …-generation students, and for students with relatively weak academic preparation …

thousands of Nebraska high school graduates from low-income, minority, and first-generation college households. Randomly …- assigned STBF awards boost bachelor's (BA) degree completion for students targeting four-year schools by about 8 points. Degree …-generation students, and for students with relatively weak academic preparation …

set out the comparison of similar students undergoing alternative progression rules, and to shed light on whether, and to … across curricular tracks, picturing at best – depending on the data employed – a marginal improvement for students in … academic schools. We instead find sharp negative effects of the reform in technical and vocational schools, where the students …