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Eric Bettinger
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 108
Citations - 8202
Eric Bettinger is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Voucher. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 99 publications receiving 7375 citations. Previous affiliations of Eric Bettinger include Case Western Reserve University & University of Stavanger.
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The Role of Application Assistance and Information in College Decisions: Results from the H&R Block FAFSA Experiment*
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present results from a randomized field experiment in which low-income individuals receiving tax preparation help were also offered immediate assistance and a streamlined process to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for themselves or their children.
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Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
TL;DR: The authors found that winners were about 10 percentage points more likely to have finished 8th grade, primarily because they were less likely to repeat grades, and scored 0.2 standard deviations higher on achievement tests.
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Do Faculty Serve as Role Models? The Impact of Instructor Gender on Female Students
TL;DR: The authors found that female students with female mentors were more likely to succeed in science and engineering programs, while male students avoided male-dominated fields due to biases against women and the presence of female faculty may mitigate these effects.
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Addressing the Needs of Under-Prepared Students in Higher Education: Does College Remediation Work?
TL;DR: This article examined the effects of math and English remediation using a unique dataset of approximately 28,000 students and found that students in remediation are more likely to persist in college in comparison to students with similar test scores and backgrounds who were not required to take the courses.
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Long-Term Educational Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia
TL;DR: The PACES program provided over 125,000 poor children with vouchers that covered the cost of private secondary school in Colombia as mentioned in this paper. The vouchers were renewable annually conditional on adequate academic progress.