When people perceive themselves as similar to others, greater liking and closer relationships typically result. In the first randomized…
In the wake of the Great Recession, policymakers and academics have expressed concerns about rising employer skill requirements. Using a…
We provide the first experimental estimates of the long-term impacts of a voucher to attend private school by linking data from a privately…
This paper reports the results of a pilot study, using a randomized controlled trial to study the effects of the Amherst Telementoring…
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…
In 2010, the Gulf Coast experienced the largest oil spill, the greatest mobilization of spill response resources, and the first Gulf-wide…
This paper uses data from three prominent exam high schools in New York City to estimate the impact of attending a school with high-…
A comprehensive exploration of 21st Century school politics, Teachers versus the Public offers the first comparison of the education policy…
In this paper, we collect data on the inner-workings of 39 charter schools and correlate these data with school effectiveness. We find that…