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Evaluating the impact of student learning support programs in an open-access, low-tuition higher education institution

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  • Antoine Platteau
  • Philippe Emplit
  • Dorothée Baillet
  • Catherine Dehon

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Faced with high failure rates in higher education, many institutions have introduced learning support programs to enhance student success. This study evaluates the causal impact of a peer tutoring program in the low-tuition, open-access context of French-speaking Belgian universities, using data from the Université libre de Bruxelles. Applying propensity score matching, results show that tutoring improves first-year students’ grades, by 1 to 2.5 points out of 20 and enables one third of participants to pass courses they would otherwise have failed. These findings complete existing evidence from selective systems and highlight peer tutoring as a cost-effective way to promote success.

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  • Antoine Platteau & Philippe Emplit & Dorothée Baillet & Catherine Dehon, 2026. "Evaluating the impact of student learning support programs in an open-access, low-tuition higher education institution," Working Papers ECARES 2026-02, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    • Handle: RePEc:eca:wpaper:2013/401509
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
    • C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions

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