For-profit providers are becoming an increasingly important fixture of US higher education markets. Students who attend … than students attending similarly-selective public schools. Because for-profits tend to serve students from more …. The first-stage estimates show that students are much more likely to enroll in a for-profit institution for a given labor …

graduate students to develop the knowledge, skills, and commitments necessary for productive and responsible community …

Today’s university students are drawn from a highly diverse set of backgrounds. Students appear in various guises as … employment. In many countries students are paying more for their university education, and expect high levels of standards and … service. Universities are institutions with multiple roles, and must balance the needs and demands of their students with the …

I analyze the effects of a program that pays both 11th and 12th grade students and teachers for passing scores on … Advanced Placement exams on college outcomes. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, I find that affected students of all … freshman year. Moreover, the program improves college outcomes even for those students who would have enrolled in college …