This article provides a comprehensive review of the socio-economic literature on the student
determinants of tertiary education dropout, in order to help research scholars better …

Abstract Colleges across the United States have shown a commitment to advancing diversity
in the STEM fields by creating programs aimed at improving outcomes of women and/or …

Background Mentorship has been well-established in the literature as fostering scientific
identity and career pathways for underrepresented minority students in science, technology …

We make only one point in this article. Every quantitative study must be able to answer the
question: what is your estimand? The estimand is the target quantity—the purpose of the …

Behavioral researchers increasingly recognize the need for more diverse samples that
capture the breadth of human experience. Current attempts to establish generalizability …

When screening candidates, organizations often give preference to certain applicants on the
basis of their familial ties. This “legacy preference,” particularly widespread in college …

Although children of immigrant origin in many European countries are observed to choose
higher levels of education than native-origin peers at similar levels of academic …

Disparities across race, gender, and class are important targets of descriptive research. But
rather than only describe disparities, research would ideally inform interventions to close …

Introduction Little attention has been paid to the role of neighborhoods as a predictor of
intergenerational transmission of socio-economic status. This study uses a nationally …

The current article examines associations between preschool cognitive and behavioral skills
and indicators of college enrollment in a sample (n= 379) of primarily Black and Hispanic …