students' high school performance. We exploit the fact that the novel regulation applied only to newly hired teachers, whereas …In 2002 the career of Colombian public school teachers was significantly reformed through the introduction of a … schools. Using data at the school-year-subject level, we eliminate any school-level confounders and associate the proportion …

and this could improve the sense of support students think a college could provide them to succeed at school and in the …Encouraging contact among students from different economic, social and racial or ethnic backgrounds could help provide … the support students deem necessary to succeed at college. Evaluation of a 2011 Community College Survey of Student …

. We conducted a survey of high-ability currently enrolled college students and elicited beliefs about how their choice of … earnings, employment, marriage prospects, potential spousal characteristics, and fertility. We find that students perceive …

We study the evolution of a campus-based aid program for low-income students that began with grant-heavy financial aid … years (2004–2006), in which students received additional institutional grant aid and few non-financial supports, improved … postsecondary progress, performance, or completion. In contrast, program-eligible students in more recent cohorts (2007–2010), when …

different fields in college. Students with humanities and social sciences majors comprise approximately 47 percent of law degree …

This study uses a rich longitudinal data-set of 13,202 full-time students belonging to 11 cohorts over 22 consecutive … semesters since admission to the institution. (2) The rates are significantly related to the proportions of female students …, students who switch from their original academic programs, and students from private schools. (3) Results suggest that, under …

and years. I study a mandatory freshmen week for first-year undergraduates and exploit the random assignment of students ….e. very high or low levels of average peer ability in a group harm students' grades. These effects are most pronounced for low …-ability students …

Many universities around the world rely on student instructors — current bachelor's and master's degree students — for … students, we show that student instructors are almost as effective as senior instructors at improving their students' short … can serve as an effective tool for universities to reduce their costs with negligible negative effects on students …

Instructional time is seen as an important determinant of school performance, but little is known about the effects of … the impacts of absence in elementary school on short-term academic performance and long-term socio-economic outcomes. Our … detrimental effect fades out over time. While absence negatively correlates with final education, income and longevity, we only …

New technologies offer many promises to improve student learning, but efforts to bring them to the classroom often fail … impact of a one-to-one technology program implemented on a large scale over a multiyear period. With administrative school … implemented in a midsize school district. We find that while short-term impacts of the program were modest, math scores improved …