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end, I build a model where high school students decide their level of effort and whether to take the college admissions … increasing the level of equal college opportunities may boost the amount of effort exerted by high school students. Specifically … groups. (3) The highest reactions in terms of exerted effort come from those students who also change their decision about …
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due to the Covid-pandemic. Treated students met in small groups, in alternating weeks with and without a more senior … student tutor. The treatment improved study behavior and increased contact to other students. Tutored students achieved around …
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The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and...
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administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post … for their greater prior achievement, and this is true in both non-STEM and STEM fields. Disabled students, students from … disadvantaged schools, and students who qualify for means-tested financial aid are less likely to complete and less likely to obtain …
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The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306356
-related classes affects major changes. We also control for other factors that may affect a student’s final major including: high … school student performance, gender of faculty, and economic returns of majors. Finally, we examine how students’ decisions … signals) to impel female students to switch majors. …
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are not equally distributed among graduates, since recent literature shows that disadvantaged students are less likely to … study abroad than better off students. This is explained by differing social capital of individuals from diverse socio … differences in mobility by socio-economic background can be explained by ability of students? Throughout, results for Erasmus …
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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 …
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high school students and, if so, whether the effect on individuals from low-income households is particularly strong. We …
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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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