foreign students within university-degree across four cohorts of undergraduate students. Foreign peers have zero to mild …

Recent immigration policies have created massive uncertainty for international students to obtain F-1 visas. Yet … examine how the anticipated F-1 visa restrictiveness influences US undergraduate enrollment outcomes of international students … international student enrollment in the US. The decreases are larger among international students with higher measured academic …

persistence for community college students. We leverage random assignment of students to instructors for identification … institutional withdrawal for the students in our sample, which is in turn linked to lower likelihood of returning the following … semester. Our findings reinforce the importance of academic momentum: remaining in a course keeps students attached to college …

This paper examines the implications of college admissions criteria on students' academic and non-academic performance …-academic qualities. Comparing students admitted through each track, we find that DA students fare similarly in terms of academic … performance in university as marginal students admitted through the regular route. However, they are significantly more likely to …

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … larger classes. This difference suggests that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are important … increase performance of female students. …

It is well established that female students perform better when taught by female professors. However, little is known …, but are absent in larger classes. These results suggest that direct and frequent interactions between students and … sufficient to increase performance of female students. …

To study whether a soft commitment device can help students succeed, we conduct a randomized field experiment and … follow a cohort of tertiary students over six years. Students can commit to following their recommended study program … treatment only reminding students to follow the program structure has limited effects. …

We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … larger classes. This difference suggests that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are important … increase performance of female students. …

We find substantial differences in college applications for students who have equal college opportunities and prior … achievement but vary in distance to the nearest selective and non-selective college. Students who live closer to a selective …