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Predicting university dropouts : evidence on the value of student expectations and motivation

Epper, Thomas; Ibsen, Kristoffer Holst Kroustrup; Koch, … - 2026

University dropout is costly, making it a policy priority to identify factors that predict dropout. Using a survey experiment with incoming first-year students linked to long-run administrative outcomes, we assess which information improves dropout prediction beyond standard university records....

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Predicting university dropouts : evidence on the value of student expectations and motivation

Epper, Thomas Frank; Ibsen, Kristoffer Holst Kroustrup; … - 2026

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Online marketing tools and students' career decision processes : managerial insights from Iraqi higher education

Karakus, Mehmet; Leyva-Hernández, Sandra Nelly; … - 2026

This study explores how digital and traditional marketing tools influence higher education students' career decision-making, satisfaction, and career commitment during students' educational trajectories in Iraq's rapidly expanding university sector. Using an explanatory sequential mixed-methods...

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Short-term transformative learning activation in higher education : the impact of an intensive social entrepreneurship program on an Ashoka U Changemaker Campus

Vázquez Parra, José Carlos; Mora-Dávila, Fernando Adrián - 2026

This study examines outcomes associated with a short-term intensive pedagogical experience aimed at developing social entrepreneurship competencies among university students at an Ashoka U-affiliated institution in Mexico. The program, Semana Tec de Agencia de Cambio, is a five-day experiential...

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Disconnected : the unequal impact of online learning on minority students

Gershoni, Naomi; Stryjan, Miri - 2026

Online instruction holds the promise of expanding access to education for disadvantaged groups, yet it often deepens existing performance gaps. This study examines its impact on highstakes exam outcomes, focusing on mechanisms driving differential effects for minority students. We leverage rich...

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AI in sustainable higher education : an interpretive structural model and MICMAC approach

Mamites, Irene O.; Garcia Ii, Jose Maria S.; Tirol, Gibe S. - 2026

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Lasting effects of retaking college admission exams

Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Gallegos, Sebastian; … - 2026

Do second chances at a high-stakes admission exam yield long-term gains? Leveraging fifteen years of Chilean administrative data and an RDD, we examine the causal effects of retaking on educational and labor market trajectories. Narrowly missing a preferred program cutoff triggers a 44% increase...

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Ensuring the quality of higher education and its impact on country attractiveness for international students

Bilan, Yuriy; Oliinyk, Olena; Mishchuk, Halyna; … - 2026

The migration activity of students as one of the important factors of changes in the intellectual potential and economic development of countries requires a constant search for the causes and pull factors. To this end, our study analyses the impact of higher education quality factors. For this...

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Succeeding in higher education: effect of an academic support program on first-year university student's academic achievement

Altepe, Cansu; Chetail, Fabienne; Dehon, Catherine - 2026

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Evaluating the impact of student learning support programs in an open-access, low-tuition higher education institution

Platteau, Antoine; Emplit, Philippe; Baillet, Dorothée; … - 2026

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Stealing time : postcolonial bureaucracies and the iron cage of education

Israr, Hamza - 2026

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Community College Bachelor's degrees : how CCB graduates' earnings compare to AAs and BAs

Acton, Riley K.; Morales, Camila; Cortes, Kalena E.; … - 2026

We provide the first national descriptive analysis of the economic value of Community College Baccalaureate (CCB) degrees by examining graduates' early-career earnings, the costs of completing these programs, and the alignment between field of study and subsequent employment. Using...

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A new frontier for higher education : exploring the metaversity and immersive virtual reality foronline education

Kucinski, Nancy; Burton, Brian; Darby, Doug; Hamm, Scott; … - 2026

This paper aims to discuss the potential for developing an educational campus in the metaverse, provides a demonstration of an immersive virtual learning environment, and presents a description of the interdisciplinary collaboration focused on incorporating immersive serious game development in...

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Do single-sex classes affect academic achievement? : an experiment in a co-educational university

Booth, Alison L.; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - 2026

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Do single-sex classes affect academic achievement? : an experiment in a coeducational university

Booth, Alison L.; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - 2018

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Gender gap in high-stakes exams : what role for exam preparation?

Bonneau, Cécile; Dousset, Léa - 2026

In this paper, we show that gender gaps in performance observed in high-stakes exams, relative to low-stakes exams, are partially shaped by the context of exam preparation. We examine the role of exam preparation using data from French elite STEM higher education programs. First, we document a...

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Service jobs and education : evidence from tourism shocks in Italy

Di Giacomo, Giuseppe; Lerch, Benjamin - 2026

We explore how unexpected temporary increases in the demand for low-skill service jobs in the tourism industry impact educational choices in Italy. We identify exogenous variation in the demand for service jobs using positive shocks to the tourism industry caused by terrorist attacks in foreign...

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Prospects for integrating artificial intelligence into the administration of higher education in Greece

Bousiou, Ourania; Paraskevas, Michael; Kapoulas, Vaggelis; … - 2026

This study examines administrative employees' perceptions of integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the administration of Greek public universities. Using a cross-sectional online questionnaire administered across three universities (N = 127), we map perceptions across five domains: (i)...

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College access and notability in the United States

Stemper, Samuel - 2026

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The dynamic market for short-cycle higher education programs

Carranza, Juan Esteban; Ferreira, María M.; Gazmuri, Ana - 2026

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The dynamic market for short-cycle higher education programs

Carranza, Juan Esteban; Ferreira, María M.; Gazmuri, … - 2023

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Guidance over adoption : experimental evidence on AI-assisted learning

Gallegos, Sebastian - 2026

This paper estimates the causal effect of a large language model-based study assistant on student behavior and learning outcomes in a natural field setting with real academic stakes. I design and deploy a course-specific AI assistant (GPT-UAI) for undergraduate econometrics and evaluate it...

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Transforming education with AI : sustainable curriculum development approaches

Vaghjee, Havisha - 2025

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Students enrolled in STEM disciplines in Italy : the role played by field of study and gender in course switching

Tocchioni, Valentina; Morabito, Maria Francesca; … - 2026

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Does college education make women less likely to marry? : evidence from the Chinese higher education expansion

Huang, Bin; Tani, Massimiliano; Xu, Lei; Zhu, Yu - 2025

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Does college education make women less likely to marry? : evidence from the Chinese higher education expansion

Huang, Bin; Tani, Massimiliano; Xu, Lei; Zhu, Yu - 2025

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Ethnic-based score differences and differential prediction of various cognitive and noncognitive admissions instruments in higher education

Lamoen, Pieter M. van; Hiemstra, Annemarie M. F.; … - 2025

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Catalyzing social mobility through student success

Branson, Nicola; Whitelaw, Emma - 2026

We investigate the role of South African higher education institutions in promoting intergenerational social mobility using a newly linked administrative dataset of university students and secondary school completers. We measure mobility as the share of graduates from lower-income secondary...

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Getting in and getting through : ex ante beliefs and counterfactual outcomes in centralized college admissions

Giustinelli, Pamela; Leuven, Edwin - 2026

We study belief accuracy in a centralized higher-education admissions system using Norwegian data that combine a large pre-admission expectations survey with administrative records on offers, enrollment, and completion. Program-specific cutoffs provide a fuzzy regression discontinuity design...

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Getting in and getting through : ex ante beliefs and counterfactual outcomes in centralized college admissions

Giustinelli, Pamela; Leuven, Edwin - 2026

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Draft deferments and higher education : new evidence from a totalitarian state

Lskavyan, Vahe - 2025

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Taking freedom back from the "Performative University" special issue revisited : a dead end or a pathway to taking freedom forward?

Jones, David R. - 2025

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Tuition subsidies and tertiary education participation : evidence from a system with deferred costs

Castro, Cristóbal; Meehan, Lisa - 2026

This paper examines the impact of tuition subsidies on tertiary education outcomes in a setting where financial barriers are already substantially reduced. We study the introduction of New Zealand's Fees-Free policy, which eliminated first-year tuition fees, in a system where tuition is financed...

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Levelling up? : the role of need and merit based university grants in non-selective higher education

Sonedda, Daniela; Matranga, Marcello; Vernasca, Gianluigi; … - 2026

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Levelling up? : the role of need and merit based university grants in non-selective higher education

Sonedda, Daniela; Matranga, Marcello; Vernasca, Gianluigi; … - 2026

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The role of higher education through the eyes of Hungarian undergraduate students and graduates : a qualitative exploratory study

Kocsis, Zsófia; Pusztai, Gabriella - 2025

Context: Most education systems equip graduates with the professional knowledge and cognitive skills needed to enter the world of work. However, there are other competencies also important for young graduates to become successful employees. Due to the growing uncertainty that characterizes the...

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Curriculum-based university course timetabling considering individual course of studies

Steiner, Elmar; Pferschy, Ulrich; Schaerf, Andrea - 2025

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Indoor environment, student satisfaction and performance in higher education

Flagner, Stefan; Eichholtz, Piet; Kok, Nils; Kramer, Rick; … - 2026

This study examines how improvements in indoor environmental quality affect student satisfaction and academic performance in higher education. We conducted a randomized field experiment involving 1,258 first-year undergraduate students at Maastricht University, who were randomly assigned to...

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The math-verbal divide : unequal returns to cognitive skills in education and work

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2026

We use population-level administrative data covering secondary school students in England to study how mathematical and verbal skills shape education and labour market outcomes. Following cohorts completing national exams at age 16 through higher education and into employment until age 34, we...

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Brexit and foreign students in gravity

Davies, Ronald B.; Specht, Lena S. - 2025

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Brexit and foreign students in gravity

Davies, Ronald B.; Specht, Lena S. - 2024 - This version: February 2024

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Brexit and foreign students in gravity

Davies, Ronald B.; Specht, Lena S. - 2024

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Providing infrastructure when it matters : university proximity at teenage years and educational attainment

Ben Atta, Oussama; Agwu, George Abuchi - 2025

This paper investigates the long- and short-term effects of geographical proximity to universities on educational attainment in Nigeria. We relate individuals level of schooling obtained from three rounds of the Nigeria's Living Standard Measurement Survey (LSMS) to spatial distance to...

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Expanding access to selective colleges

Hendricks, Lutz; Koreshkova, Tatyana; Leukhina, Oksana - 2026

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Brain drain on the fast train : high-speed connections and student mobility

Frattola, Edoardo; Lazzaro, Elena; Lopresti, Ilaria; … - 2026

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Designing meaningful Short-Term Study Abroad (STSA) international business programs

Bradly, Andrew; Iskhakova, Marina; Ott, Dana L. - 2025

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University at your doorstep : local human capital effects of higher education expansion

Brilli, Ylenia; Cottini, Elena; Ghinetti, Paolo; … - 2026

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Development of intercultural competence in higher education through online learning : a systematic review 2020-2024

Zuo, Lingling - 2025

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Assessing the impact of the post graduate work permit program on the earnings of international students : evidence from Canadian employer employee dynamics dataset

Akbar, Rushde; Banerjee, Rupa - 2025

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Tastes, ability or expected wages? : the intended choice of college majors by students in Italy

Brunello, Giorgio; Campo, Francesco; Lodigiani, Elisabetta - 2026

We investigate the factors influencing the intended college major choices of high school students in Italy, ranking the relative importance of expected earnings, perceived ability, and major-specific tastes, that we measure directly using a Coller and Williams game. We find that major-specific...

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Higher education global trends report : towards inclusive, equitable and quality higher education in an internationally mobile landscape

Gutović, Vanja; Bouckaert, Mathias; Xia, Tiantian; … - 2026

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Gender differences in graduate degree choices

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2025

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Gender differences in graduate degree choices

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2024

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Gender differences in graduate degree choices

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2024

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Does public spending on tertiary education increase tertiary enrollment? : evidence from a large panel of countries

Herzer, Dierk; Bala, Patrick - 2025

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The price of borrowing for college : student loan interest rates, educational choices, and career tradeoffs

Guo, Naijia; Zhong, Ling - 2026

Federal student loan interest rates affect college financing, education and job choices, and career outcomes. Using U.S. microdata, we exploit changes in federal loan rates over time and regional variation in expected loan reliance. Higher interest rates reduce student loan take-up and the...

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Gender gap in teaching evaluations and its effect on course enrollments

Saygın, Perihan Özge; Zhang, Xi - 2025

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The labor market value of community college bachelor's degrees : initial evidence from a resume audit study in early childhood education

Acton, Riley K.; Morales, Camila; Turner, Julia A.; … - 2026

Community colleges are more financially, academically, and geographically accessible than four-year colleges. Despite most community college students intending to earn a bachelor's degree, few transfer to a four-year institution and even fewer earn bachelor's degrees, leading policymakers to...

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Designing educational strategies for experiential learning : an AHP-fuzzy logic case study at carleton university

Mahmoodi, Armin; Eshaghi, Mehdi; Laliberte, Jeremy - 2025

This study proposes a hybrid decision-making framework integrating SWOT analysis, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and Fuzzy Number Theory (FNT) to structure and evaluate stakeholder perspectives on experiential learning. Applied at Carleton University, the model prioritizes experiential...

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Green higher education and environmental quality : the case of Italy

Baiardi, Donatella; Landini, Fabio; Menegatti, Mario; … - 2026

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