Adviser Value Added and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Randomly Assigned College Advisers

IF 5.6 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

American Economic Journal-Economic Policy Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI:10.1257/pol.20200778

Serena Canaan, Antoine Deeb, Pierre Mouganie

引用次数: 3

Abstract

This paper provides the first causal evidence on the impact of college adviser quality on student outcomes. To do so, we exploit a unique setting where students are randomly assigned to faculty advisers during their first year of college. We find that higher adviser value added (VA) substantially improves freshman year GPA, time to complete freshman year and four-year graduation rates. Additionally, higher adviser VA increases high-ability students’ likelihood of enrolling and graduating with a STEM degree. Our results indicate that allocating resources towards improving the quality of academic advising may play a key role in promoting college success. (JEL I23, I26, J24, J31, O15)

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顾问增值和学生成绩:来自随机分配的大学顾问的证据

本文首次提供了高校辅导员素质对学生学业成绩影响的因果证据。为了做到这一点，我们采用了一种独特的设置，学生在大学一年级时被随机分配给教师顾问。我们发现，更高的顾问附加值(VA)大大提高了大一的GPA，完成大一的时间和四年的毕业率。此外，更高的顾问VA增加了高能力学生入学并获得STEM学位的可能性。我们的研究结果表明，分配资源以提高学术指导的质量可能在促进大学成功方面发挥关键作用。(j23, j26, j24, j31, j15)

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American Economic Journal-Economic Policy ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

8.20

自引率

1.90%

发文量

期刊介绍： The American Economic Review (AER) is a general-interest economics journal. The journal publishes 12 issues containing articles on a broad range of topics. Established in 1911, the AER is among the nation's oldest and most respected scholarly journals in economics. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy publishes papers covering a range of topics, the common theme being the role of economic policy in economic outcomes. Subject areas include public economics; urban and regional economics; public policy aspects of health, education, welfare and political institutions; law and economics; economic regulation; and environmental and natural resource economics.