Identifying needs for learning analytics adoption in Latin American universities: A mixed-methods approach

I Hilliger, M Ortiz-Rojas, P Pesántez-Cabrera… - The Internet and Higher …, 2020 - Elsevier
Learning Analytics (LA) is perceived to be a promising strategy to tackle persisting
educational challenges in Latin America, such as quality disparities and high dropout rates …

Returns to different postsecondary investments: Institution type, academic programs, and credentials

M Lovenheim, J Smith - Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2023 - Elsevier
Early research on the returns to higher education treated the postsecondary system as a
monolith. In reality, postsecondary education in the United States and around the world is …

The expansion of higher education in Colombia: Bad students or bad programs?

A Camacho, J Messina, J Uribe Barrera - Documento CEDE, 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
A rapid expansion in the demand for post-secondary education triggered an unprecedented
boom of higher education programs in Colombia, possibly deteriorating quality. This paper …

Student dataset from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico to predict dropout in higher education

J Alvarado-Uribe, P Mejía-Almada, AL Masetto Herrera… - Data, 2022 - mdpi.com
High dropout rates and delayed completion in higher education are associated with
considerable personal and social costs. In Latin America, 50% of students drop out, and only …

Building representative matched samples with multi-valued treatments in large observational studies

M Bennett, JP Vielma, JR Zubizarreta - Journal of computational …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we present a new way of matching in observational studies that overcomes
three limitations of existing matching approaches. First, it directly balances covariates with …

[图书][B] Empleos para crecer

V Alaimo, M Bosch, DS Kaplan, C Pagés, L Ripani - 2015 - books.google.com
El trabajo es un aspecto esencial para el crecimiento de las personas y los países. Alcanzar
una plena realización personal es más difícil sin un empleo, del mismo modo que una …

Beyond qualifications: returns to cognitive and socio-emotional skills in Colombia

P Acosta, N Muller, MA Sarzosa - World Bank Policy Research …, 2015 - papers.ssrn.com
This paper examines the relationship between individuals? skills and labor market
outcomes for the working-age population of Colombia? s urban areas. Using a 2012 unique …

College integration and social class

MJ Álvarez-Rivadulla, AM Jaramillo, F Fajardo, L Cely… - Higher Education, 2022 - Springer
What is the impact of social class on college integration? Higher education institutions are
becoming more diverse, yet the integration of underprivileged students remains a challenge …

Information policies and higher education choices experimental evidence from Colombia

L Bonilla-Mejía, NL Bottan, A Ham - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper studies the effects of a large-scale information policy that nudges high school
students towards college information websites in Colombia. We collect panel data on 6000 …

El desafío del desarrollo de habilidades en América Latina. Un diagnóstico de los problemas y soluciones de política pública

A Fiszbein, C Cosentino, B Cumsille - 2016 - scioteca.caf.com
La historia de América Latina se ha caracterizado por sus fluctuantes tasas de crecimiento
económico, el desarrollo insuficiente del capital humano y altos niveles de desigualdad de …