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.g. Crawford, 2014), which shows that, amongst students with the same grades on entry to university, those from worse …
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different social requirements and needs of students. An arithmetical example illustrates the way the model functions. We …
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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 …
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environments. However, disadvantaged students have lowerparticipation rates in mobility schemes, and hence benefit less from their … across allcountries that disadvantaged students do not only lose out on mobility experience due totheir background but also …
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. Experiencing a higher own-gender share of students during university education reduces overall marriage market opportunities for … women but not for men. Moreover, when students of the own gender are relatively abundant, the probability of having a …
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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 …
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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 …
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, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to faculty advisors during their first year of college … four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher advisor VA increases high-ability students' likelihood of enrolling and …
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, many students fail to complete their degrees, and few invest in majors with the highest earnings potential such as those in … STEM fields. To help students navigate the complexities of college, policymakers are increasingly advocating for the use of … quality of advising impacts students' success. This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of college advisor …
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application rates, particularly for Hispanic students, are not explained by differential levels of college readiness, high school … students and campuses where same race students from their high school have been successful in the past …
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