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

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  • Scott E. Carrell
  • Michal Kurlaender

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We provide experimental evidence on the impact of specific faculty behaviors aimed at increasing student success for college students 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, underrepresented 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 accumulation and degree completion.

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  • Scott E. Carrell & Michal Kurlaender, 2023. "My Professor Cares: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Faculty Engagement," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association, vol. 15(4), pages 113-141, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejpol:v:15:y:2023:i:4:p:113-41
    DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210699
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    1. Todd Pugatch & Nicholas Wilson, 2024. "Nudging Demand for Academic Support Services: Experimental and Structural Evidence from Higher Education," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 59(5), pages 1637-1682.
    2. Aucejo, Esteban M. & Wong, Kelvin, 2025. "The effect of feedback on student performance," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 241(C).
    3. Pugatch, Todd & Schroeder, Elizabeth, 2025. "Using RCTs in Economic Education Research," IZA Discussion Papers 18018, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Gregory Stoller, 2024. "Mentorship Methods for Successful Case Competition Teams," RAIS Conference Proceedings 2022-2025 0460, Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.
    5. Moritz Mendel, 2024. "Nonstandard Educational Careers and Inequality," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2024_592, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.

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    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations

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