Uros Petronijevic
Biographic Data
| ID | 5736028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uros Petronijevic |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uros |
| FAMILY NAME | Petronijevic |
| SIGNATURE | PETRONIJEVIC U |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Promises and Pitfalls of Using (Mostly) Low-Touch Coaching Interventions to Improve College Student Outcomes
We present results from a five-year effort to design promising virtual coaching interventions to improve college student achievement. Across nearly 20,000 students at three campuses, we find some improvement on study time, but no effect on academic outcomes. We interpret the results with unique survey data and a model of student effort. Treated students learn that more effort is needed to attain good grades and develop stronger preferences for hi…
Making College Worth It
Despite a general rise in the return to college, likely due to technological change, the cost-benefit calculus facing prospective students can make the decision to invest in and attend college dauntingly complex. Philip Oreopoulos and Uros Petronijevic review research on the varying costs and benefits of higher education and explore in full the complexity of the decision to invest in and attend college. Optimal college attainment decisions are di…
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Making College Worth It
Despite a general rise in the return to college, likely due to technological change, the cost-benefit calculus facing prospective students can make the decision to invest in and attend college dauntingly complex. Philip Oreopoulos and Uros Petronijevic review research on the varying costs and benefits of higher education and explore in full the complexity of the decision to invest in and attend college. Optimal college attainment decisions are di…
The Promises and Pitfalls of Using (Mostly) Low-Touch Coaching Interventions to Improve College Student Outcomes
We present results from a five-year effort to design promising virtual coaching interventions to improve college student achievement. Across nearly 20,000 students at three campuses, we find some improvement on study time, but no effect on academic outcomes. We interpret the results with unique survey data and a model of student effort. Treated students learn that more effort is needed to attain good grades and develop stronger preferences for hi…
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (2 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (2 works) · Innovations in Educational Methods (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Academic achievement (1 work) · Actuarial science (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Coaching (1 work) · Debt (1 work)