Skipping Class in College and Exam Performance: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Classroom Experiment
Not exact matches
When I was
in college, football players were allowed to come to the first
class,
skip every
class in between and show up for the final and always managed to get at least a «C» on the exam.
People are
skipping class, people are
skipping work, people who don't like
college basketball are tuning
in to see what all the fuss is about.
Skipping breakfast is often a common occurrence
in the lives of
college students running late for
class.
Margo is the exciting girl that everyone aspires to, while Quentin and his band of geeky friends never
skip class, turn
in all assignments and are elite
college bound.
The payoff for using portfolios becomes concrete when students discover they can earn
college credit and,
in some cases,
skip a freshman writing
class by creating a top notch writing portfolio while they are still
in high school.
People interested
in attending vocational or technical school may be able to
skip taking traditional
college classes and focus on their other career interests.
The kids
in college that usually
skip class are the rich ones that don't have to care as much.
Science to me had always just been that one boring
class that I
skipped three days out of the week
in college.
«I had a slightly different
college experience,» he said, «
skipping classes in favor of trading penny stocks every day, I turned $ 12,415
in Bar Mitzvah gift money into $ 2 million and started a hedge fund during my senior year.»