significantly lower degree performance and higher risk of dropping-out. Especially, Turkish, Moroccan and Caribbean students are …

growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student … than their non-science counterparts. Students with relatively weaker academic preparation are significantly more likely to … leave the sciences and take longer to graduate at each campus. We show the vast majority of minority students would be more …

growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student … than their non-science counterparts. Students with relatively weaker academic preparation are significantly more likely to … leave the sciences and take longer to graduate at each campus. We show the vast majority of minority students would be more …

eligibility did not have a uniform effect on students' applications but varied by gender and academic performance. Highperforming … male students shifted their First-Ranked application from non-selective to selective long-term programs. Yet, female … students did not show a systematic response. We suggest that female students were more certain in their application choices …

In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less … gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact family address contained in a unique dataset covering 30,000 Italian …

application decisions for all students, but it impacted students differently based on gender and academic performance. High …-performing male students showed the strongest reaction, shifting their first-ranked application from non-selective long …-term universities to selective long-term programs. On average, female students, regardless of performance, did not show a systematic …

We study how the achievements of university students are influenced by the characteristics and achievements of peers in … positive peer effects via the academic achievements of friends and study partners. Students’ grades increase with the abilities … claim that peer influence acts mainly through knowledge-sharing channels between students who are connected by social ties …

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