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Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade. An analysis by University of Michigan researchers of more than 30 ...

In higher education, where meritocracy and objectivity are highly prized, one might assume that the alphabetical order of students' surnames plays no role in determining their academic success.