focus our attention on student outliers. Students whose first-year college average is far below expectations (divers) have a … 'get rich' quickly. In contrast, students who exceed expectations (thrivers) express more philanthropic goals, are purpose …

Motivated by the self-determination theory of psychology, we ask how simple school practices can forge students … crossover design, involving all the students of the University of Szeged in Hungary. Our intervention consisted of an automated … encouragement message that praised students’ past achievements and signaled trust in their success. The treated students received …

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socioeconomic status. In Québec, the second most populous Canadian province, twenty percent of students at this level are enrolled … Canada?s Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) to estimate the average treatment on the treated effect of private school on the … professional degree program. The econometric estimation of treatment effects is based on a particular entropy balancing algorithm …