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Sarah Turner
Researcher at University of Virginia
Publications - 115
Citations - 6234
Sarah Turner is an academic researcher from University of Virginia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Educational attainment. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 106 publications receiving 5766 citations. Previous affiliations of Sarah Turner include Curry School of Education & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Why Have College Completion Rates Declined? An Analysis of Changing Student Preparation and Collegiate Resources
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors decompose the observed changes in college completion rates into the component due to changes in the preparedness of entering students and the part due to collegiate characteristics, including type of institution and resources per student.
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Choice of Major: The Changing (Unchanging) Gender Gap:
Sarah Turner,William G. Bowen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, detailed data on choice of major and individual scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are used to examine the extent to which observed differences between men and women reflect the effects of pre-collegiate preparation (as reflected in SAT scores), as contrasted with a panoply of other forces.
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Student Loans: Do College Students Borrow Too Much--Or Not Enough?
Christopher Avery,Sarah Turner +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors move the discussion of student loans away from anecdote by establishing a framework for considering the use of student loan in the optimal financing of collegiate investments and show that enrolling in college is equivalent to signing up for a lottery with large expected gains, but it is also a better investment today than a generation ago.
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Why Have College Completion Rates Declined? An Analysis of Changing Student Preparation and Collegiate Resources
TL;DR: This article decompose the decline in college completion into the components due to changes in preparedness of entering students and changes in collegiate characteristics, including type of institution and resources per student, and show that the supply-side characteristics are most important in explaining changes in the college completion rate.
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Going to War and Going to College: Did World War II and the G.I. Bill Increase Educational Attainment for Returning Veterans?
John Bound,Sarah Turner +1 more
TL;DR: This article found that the net effect of military service and G.I. benefits was substantial gains in the collegiate attainment of World War II veterans and non-veterans in the US.