Students are admitted into higher education based on their past performance. This paper compares two measures of past … teacher assessment and exam scores for selecting successful students may vary with the degree of selectivity of higher … education programmes. We find that teacher scores predict students' performance in higher education more accurately, and its …

into university in order to enrich and enhance the planning of the needed university places for first-year students. The … estimate an alternative number of first-year students and to open up a range of possible solutions. …

Why is the proportion of women who study Economics so low? This study assesses whether students respond to messages … 2,000 students enrolled in Economics Principles courses, with interventions proceeding in two phases. In the first phase …, randomly assigned students received a message with basic information about the Economics major, or the basic message combined …

Why is the proportion of women who study Economics so low? This study assesses whether students respond to messages … 2,000 students enrolled in Economics Principles courses, with interventions proceeding in two phases. In the first phase …, randomly assigned students received a message with basic information about the Economics major, or the basic message combined …

-born peers affect the likelihood American college students graduate with a STEM major. Using administrative student records from … peers reduces the likelihood native-born students graduate with STEM majors by 3 percentage points – equivalent to 3 ….7 native students displaced for 9 additional foreign students in an average course. STEM displacement is offset by an increased …

-born peers affect the likelihood American college students graduate with a STEM major. Using administrative student records from … peers reduces the likelihood native-born students graduate with STEM majors by 3 percentage points-equivalent to 3.7 native … students displaced for 9 additional foreign students in an average course. STEM displacement is offset by an increased …

likely to study other Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities than students whose parents are university graduates. We also find … evidence that FiF students are less likely to graduate from elite universities and have a higher probability of dropping out …

to analyze the motivation, aspirations, and career expectations of undergraduate and graduate students of Samarkand … results of 400 undergraduate and 50 graduate students from Samarkand Agricultural Institute. The results reveal that half of … observed students did not make a career choice yet and face uncertainties in employment decisions. Compared with undergraduate …

Dual-credit courses expose high school students to college-level content and provide the opportunity to earn college … that the dual-credit advanced algebra course alters students' subsequent high school math course-taking, reducing … effect of the dual-credit math course on overall rates of college enrollment. However, the course induces some students to …