Commentary: An Evidence‐Based Response to “College Admission Tests and Social Responsibility”

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter D. Way ◽  
Emily J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
College Admission ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Admission Tests

Sex-specific differential prediction of college admission tests: A meta-analysis.

2013 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 478-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska T. Fischer ◽  
Johannes Schult ◽  
Benedikt Hell
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
College Admission ◽  
Differential Prediction ◽  
Admission Tests

scholarly journals Do extended school day programs affect performance in college admission tests?

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-266
Author(s):  
Daniel Araujo ◽  
Guilherme Bayma ◽  
Carolina Melo ◽  
Milena Mendonça ◽  
Luciano Sampaio
Keyword(s):  
Program Implementation ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
College Admission ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Class Time ◽  
Language Class ◽  
Admission Tests ◽  
Program Effects ◽  
School Day ◽  
Admission Test

We assess the effects of a Brazilian extended high school day program on college admission test scores. The program entails an increase in Math/Science and Language class time, and the introduction of extra-class activity time. We exploit variation in program implementation timing to apply a difference-in-differences strategy and an event-study approach. Results show positive large effects on test scores and suggest that these effects are likely driven by increased class and extra-class activity hours. Moreover, the program affects not only scores in subjects for which it contemplates increased class time, but also in Humanities. Finally, we are able to show that increased time dedicated to academic-related extra-class activities works as a multiplier of program effects. In fact, these additional hours spent in complementary activities make the magnitude of program effects double from 0.092-0.150 to 0.180-0.317 standard deviation.

scholarly journals Thrill and Agony at Ultimate Fighting Championship

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-468
Author(s):  
Chiu Man Yiu ◽  
Xiaotong Liu ◽  
Hengfang Shi ◽  
W. Guillaume Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Csr Strategies ◽  
Ultimate Fighting Championship ◽  
Internal Stakeholders ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Over Time

This case study seeks to make evident the imperative of better stakeholder management for contemporary competition by examining the evolving corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a world leading sports entertainment firm, over its 29-year history. Specifically, this case study illuminates that while CSR is becoming increasingly understood as indispensable for a firm’s overall strategy, corporate strategists need to design and implement CSR with dual vigilance that, (1) stakeholders’ expectations on CSR would heighten over time and (2) internal stakeholders’ needs, though often trivialized in many CSR strategies, need authentic accommodations that move beyond lip service. In addition to unpacking the issues of CSR (and) authenticity for the UFC’s stakeholder management, this case study also draws on insights gleaned from mainstream stakeholder management and CSR research and provides evidence-based analysis and recommendations for enhancing firms’ CSR strategies.

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