-level covariates. Alumni speakers increase intermediate economics course take-up by 2.1 percentage points (11%). Students are more …

as providing better information about the application of economics, exposing students to role models, and updating course …

themselves. We also find that PhD production is negatively related to the total number of students and the share of total BAs …

introductory microeconomics between one semester in which students were randomly assigned into the formats and another semester … when students were allowed to choose their format. In each semester we offered the same course with the sections taught at … effect of format. Students in the compressed format of the randomized arm of the study scored -0.19 standard deviations less …

This study investigates how being exposed to a field of study influences students' major choices. We exploit a natural … experiment at a Swiss university where all first-year students face largely the same curriculum before they choose a major. An … important component of the first-year curriculum that varies between students involves a multi-term research paper in business …

Economic and Social Problems," that enrolled 400 students, achieved nearly a 50-50 gender balance, and was among the highest … selection - are taught differently. Then, drawing upon students' comments and prior research on effective teaching practices, we … identify elements of the course's approach that appear to underlie its success: connecting the material to students' own …

-ethnicity and socioeconomic status. We find that students are sensitive to the distance they must travel to access public colleges … and universities, but there are heterogeneous effects across students - particularly with regard to distance to public two …-year colleges (i.e., community colleges). White, Asian, and higher-income students who live in a community college desert (i.e., at …

Roughly 25 percent of first-year college students do not return for a second year. This has led to a range of policies …

We compile, transcribe, and standardize historical records for 2.5 million students at 65 elite (private and public) U … socioeconomic backgrounds of students at American colleges spanning the last 100 years. We document the following: First, despite a … large increase in the share of lower-income students in the overall college-going population, the representation of these …