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Mallika Thomas – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2024
Using the historical random assignment of MBA students to peer groups at a top business school in the United States, I study the effect of the gender composition of a student's peers on the gender pay gap at graduation and long-term labor market outcomes. I find that a 10 percentage point increase in the share of male peers leads to a 2.1 percent…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs, Business Administration
Community College Survey of Student Engagement, 2009
Most students arrive at college expecting to succeed and believing that they are motivated to do so. Too often, though, there is an evident difference between being motivated and being prepared to succeed. Still, community college students often come to recognize one factor that plays a pivotal role in their success: connections. Entering students…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, College Attendance
Santiago, Deborah A.; Andrade, Sally J. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2010
In this fifth brief in "Excelencia" in Education's series on Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) the focus is on the methods and strategies that are producing successful results in a growing sector of colleges and universities we call, "Emerging" Hispanic-Serving Institutions. These Emerging HSIs are institutions that…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Higher Education, College Administration, Instructional Leadership
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Nussbaum, E. Michael; Hartley, Kendall; Sinatra, Gale M.; Reynolds, Ralph E.; Bendixen, Lisa D. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2004
The potential of on-line discussions to prompt greater reflection of course material is often stymied by a tendency of students to agree with one another rather than to formulate counter-arguments. This article describes an experiment using note starters and elaborated cases to encourage counter-argumentation and examines interactions with…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Educational Psychology, Assertiveness