potential explanation for these patterns. For this purpose, we conduct an information experiment about college returns and costs … for individuals in the returns experiment: intended college attendance expectations increase by about 0.2 of the standard …

costs - as a potential explanation for these patterns. For this purpose, we conduct an information experiment about college … impact on intended college attendance for individuals in the returns experiment: intended college attendance expectations …

We analyze the impact of expansion of higher education on student outcomes in the context of competition among colleges … 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 …

weekly earnings. Utilizing the fact that colleges dismiss low-performing students based on exact GPA cutoffs, we use a … regression discontinuity design to estimate the earnings impacts of college. Dismissed students are permitted to apply for … readmission, but since relatively few do so, these students end up completing fewer years of school and are approximately 10 …

experiment in which peer advisors (PAs) were quasi-randomly assigned to first-year university students to show that 1) male … programs have been touted as a potential solution to help such students acclimate to college life, yet causal evidence on the … students were significantly more likely to voluntarily meet with their assigned PA when the PA was also male and 2) these …

This study uses a rich longitudinal data-set of 13,202 full-time students belonging to 11 cohorts over 22 consecutive … semesters since admission to the institution. (2) The rates are significantly related to the proportions of female students …, students who switch from their original academic programs, and students from private schools. (3) Results suggest that, under …