of a two-day freshman orientation program for university students, I find that higher ability peers generate positive … students by 0.05 to 0.08 SD. I provide evidence that the effects result from the formation of lasting social ties, and that …

We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our … of dropouts on first-time students' success masks treatment heterogeneity and non-linearities. First, we find negative …

Using the historical random assignment of MBA students to peer groups at an elite business school in the United States … increase in the share of male students in a student's peer group leads to a 2.1 percent increase in the salaries of female … students at graduation, closing the gender gap in salaries at graduation by approximately two-thirds. In addition, women who …

based on their academic histories. Results show that an editor's former PhD students and faculty colleagues experience an …

selective colleges to lower their curricular demands, low-ability students benefit at the expense of medium-ability students … better serve their most able students. This stylized model of curricular product differentiation in higher education offers …

of less able students. As we argue in the paper, this adjustment benefits low-ability college students at the expense of … colleges become a less appealing alternative for the medium ability students. The selective, elite colleges therefore adopt a … more demanding curriculum to better serve their most able students, again at the expense of medium ability students. The …

.g. Crawford, 2014), which shows that, amongst students with the same grades on entry to university, those from worse …

different social requirements and needs of students. An arithmetical example illustrates the way the model functions. We …

the two earliest-adopting states, nearly half of all students were induced into testing, and 40-45% of them earned scores … mandates, with no effect on overall attendance. I conclude that a large number of high-ability students appear to dramatically … human capital investment for a substantial number of students …