As student, I recently asked myself - and other mates did - why Stack Overflow had no special diet adapted to students, more indulgent than with developers. Indeed, we noticed that our questions were frequently downvoted or did not receive enough attention. I don't find it normal that a beginner does not really have the same chance than an experimented developer, as its reputation tends to stay low

Thus, although I perfectly understand that Stack should remain something for "professional developers" and not a MOOC-provider, I think that it should be fine to give a special status to students to avoid them being discouraged to ask questions that could seem obvious.

So I would suggest a scholarship proof from the university or school to avoid derives. It would witness of open-mindness