Student loans: Do college students borrow too much — or not enough?
2012 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the consequences and dynamics of assuming student loan debt.
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Beyond the classroom: Using Title IX to measure the return to high school sports
2010 paper by the University of Michigan for the National Bureau of Economic Research examining the effect in later life of girls’ participation in sports.
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Men’s and women’s pathways through four-year colleges: Disruption and sex stratification
2010 study from the University of Washington published in the American Educational Research Journal on nontraditional college participation and gender.
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Women see value and benefits of college, while men lag on both fronts
2011 report by the Pew Research Center on attitudes behind the gender gap in undergraduate enrollment and degree attainment.
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Effects of college educational debt on graduate school attendance and early career and lifestyle choices
2010 study in Education Economics on student debt and post-graduation choices.
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Federal student loans: patterns in tuition, enrollment and federal Stafford loan borrowing up to the 2007-08 loan limit increase
2011 study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office on changes in the federal student loan program.
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Meta-analysis of college diversity experiences and civic engagement
2011 meta-study from Notre Dame on how diversity on college campuses promotes civic engagement.
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Black gender gap in education: Historical trends and racial comparisons
2011 study in the journal Demography examining the higher education completion rates for black men and women between 1940 and 2000.
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Trends in college spending in the United States, 1999-2009
2011 report by the Delta Cost Project on enrollment levels, funding and staffing by universities and colleges over the past decade.
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Education and the reproduction of economic inequality in the U.S.
2010 study in Economics of Education Review on link between family background, education and achievement.
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