. We exploit unique administrative data from Colombia on the universe of students, institutions, and programs to control …

-economic groups that are further amplified upon students' adjustment of their educational choices in the course of studies. The best … assign, on average, lower grades and conjectured that female students exhibit stronger aversion to low grades, hence their … attachment to the field. A key implication is that categories of students who attach high importance to pecuniary benefits of …

Underrepresented minority (URM) college students have been steadily earning degrees in relatively less-lucrative fields … stratification at public research universities, many of which increasingly enforce GPA restriction policies that prohibit students …, which matches observational patterns and can be explained by URM students’ poorer average precollege academic preparation …

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 …

-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 …

. This study estimates the effect of class size on academic performance of university students, distinguishing between STEM …,000 students and a total of more than 190,000 observations, spanning six cohorts of first-year undergraduate students across all … of the effect along the dimensions of students' socio-economic status, ability, and gender, finding that in STEM …

foreseen by previous enrollment choices. This paper shows that in educational opportunities and groups of students where …

enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We find for both that disadvantaged students match to lower quality degrees …

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 …

earned credits on average, but we demonstrate strong positive effects on the most able students. In contrast to prior … research, effects were more pronounced for male students. …