This paper reports the results of a pilot study, using a randomized controlled trial to study the effects of the Amherst Telementoring Program for high-achieving students from relatively poor families
We study the impact of providing school and child test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers.
Parental involvement is correlated with student performance, though the causal relationship is less well established.
We analyze a Massachusetts merit aid program that gives highscoring students tuition waivers at in-state public colleges with lower graduation rates than available alternative colleges.
The article discusses the author's opinions on educational spending within political debates, focusing on the public's lack of knowledge about how much money goes into education and where the money co
Recent empirical work has demonstrated the importance both of educational peer effects and of various factors that affect college choices.
Women and Leadership in Higher Education is the first volume in a new series of books (Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice) that will be published in upcoming years to inform leadersh
In 2010, the Gulf Coast experienced the largest oil spill, the greatest mobilization of spill response resources, and the first Gulf-wide deepwater drilling moratorium in U.S. history.
We consider a model of technological learning under which people “learn through noticing”: they choose which input dimensions to attend to and subsequently learn about from available data.
Low income high school graduates are less likely to enroll in four-year colleges than their more advantaged peers.
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