Posts tagged with 'Universität'
November 13, 2024
Fewer exam retakes, better results?
Policy change at the University of Bologna improved academic performance and reduced dropout rates
October 17, 2023
Who benefits and who loses from affirmative action in elite universities?
Study from Brazil shows that earnings rise for minority students but drop for top enrollees
May 28, 2021
Zooming to class?
Experimental study provides evidence on college students' online learning during COVID-19
May 11, 2021
Higher minimum wage lowers enrollment in academic programs at universities
Study from Canada investigates the impact of the minimum wage on individuals' schooling decisions
May 5, 2021
Relative comparisons affect performance and choices in college
Whether someone is a big fish in a little pond is largely a matter of luck, but it changes how students behave
October 10, 2019
Legacy and athlete preferences at Harvard
Admissions advantages of privileged applicants have gone up over time
March 28, 2019
Peer diversity and college performance
Linguistic diversity does not harm native students but enhances non-native speaking students' performance
December 14, 2018
Are professors good teachers?
Lower-ranked instructors are just as good when it comes to tutorial teaching
December 10, 2018
Steering more students into STEM?
Costs of delivering postsecondary instruction differ markedly by field of study
February 16, 2018
Searching on campus: Marriage market effects of the student gender composition
The growing success of online dating platforms seems to indicate that finding your partner in the “real” world becomes harder. […]
September 18, 2017
Gender bias in teaching evaluations by economics students
In an ongoing heated debate on sexism in the economic profession, sparked by an analysis by Alice Wu of sexist […]
June 17, 2015
How to increase the attractiveness of STEM for female students
Women have been traditionally under-represented in college major fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Analyzing the reasons is […]