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Class Size Effects in Higher Education : Differences Across Stem and Non-Stem Fields
Kara, Elif - 2020
particular interest among policy makers for further growth in STEM subjects, which could lead to larger classes in these fields …. This study estimates the effect of class size on academic performance of university students, distinguishing between STEM … and non-STEM fields. Using administrative data from a large UK higher education institution, we consider a sample of 25 …
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Foreign Peer Effects and Stem Major Choice
Anelli, Massimo - 2017
Since the 1980s the United States has faced growing disinterest and high attrition from STEM majors. Over the same …-born peers affect the likelihood American college students graduate with a STEM major. Using administrative student records from … peers reduces the likelihood native-born students graduate with STEM majors by 3 percentage points – equivalent to 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957016
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Dual-Credit Courses and the Road to College : Experimental Evidence from Tennessee
Hemelt, Steven W. - 2019
Dual-credit courses expose high school students to college-level content and provide the opportunity to earn college credits, in part to smooth the transition to college. With the Tennessee Department of Education, we conduct the first randomized controlled trial of the effects of dual-credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012865848
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The Sources of the Gender Gap in Economics Enrolment
Tonin, Mirco - 2014
In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an important stepping stone towards positions of influence in policy making and occupations paying relatively high wages. We investigate the sources of this gap by looking in detail...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047859
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The Effects of a High School Curriculum Reform on University Enrollment and the Choice of College Major
Goerlitz, Katja - 2015
and to choose Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) as college major. The reform that was introduced in …-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both gender. With regard to choosing STEM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023766
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Late for the Meeting : Gender, Peer Advising, and College Success
Ellis, Jimmy - 2016
Many male and first-generation college goers struggle in their first year of postsecondary education. Mentoring programs have been touted as a potential solution to help such students acclimate to college life, yet causal evidence on the impact of such programs, and the factors that influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990854
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The Returns to Elite College Education : A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
Anelli, Massimo - 2016
I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score threshold, to estimate causal returns to college education quality. I use a newly constructed dataset, which combines individual administrative records about high school,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983028
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Delayed Graduation and University Dropout : A Review of Theoretical Approaches
Aina, Carmen - 2019
This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012862485
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Online Teaching, Procrastination and Students' Achievement : Evidence from COVID-19 Induced Remote Learning
De Paola, Maria; Gioia, Francesca; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools and universities to transit from traditional class-based teaching to online learning. This paper investigates the impact produced by this shift on students' performance. We use administrative data of four cohorts of students enrolled in an Italian University...
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Differences by Degree : Evidence of the Net Financial Rates of Return to Undergraduate Study for England and Wales
Walker, Ian - 2010
This paper provides estimates of the impact of higher education qualifications on the earnings of graduates in the UK by subject studied. We use data from the recent UK Labour Force Surveys which provide a sufficiently large sample to consider the effects of the subject studied, class of first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136727