My Professor Cares: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Faculty Engagement

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Carrell, Scott E.; Kurlaender, Michal
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210699
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 113-141
• 关键词: self-efficacy; college; students; interventions; education; feedback; GENDER; performance; outcomes; success

摘要

We provide experimental evidence on the impact of specific fac-ulty behaviors aimed at increasing student success for college stu-dents from historically underrepresented groups. The intervention was developed after conducting in-person focus groups and a pilot experiment. We find significant positive treatment effects across a multitude of short-and longer-run outcomes. Specifically, underrep-resented students in the treatment report more positive perceptions of the professor and earned higher course grades. These positive effects persisted over the next several years, with students in the treatment more likely to persist in college, resulting in increased credit accu-mulation and degree completion. (JEL I22, I23, I28, J15, J44)