themselves. We also find that PhD production is negatively related to the total number of students and the share of total BAs …

The rapid growth in the number of foreign students enrolled in American universities has transformed the higher …

introductory microeconomics between one semester in which students were randomly assigned into the formats and another semester … when students were allowed to choose their format. In each semester we offered the same course with the sections taught at … effect of format. Students in the compressed format of the randomized arm of the study scored -0.19 standard deviations less …

This study investigates how being exposed to a field of study influences students' major choices. We exploit a natural … experiment at a Swiss university where all first-year students face largely the same curriculum before they choose a major. An … important component of the first-year curriculum that varies between students involves a multi-term research paper in business …

Economic and Social Problems,” that enrolled 400 students, achieved nearly a 50-50 gender balance, and was among the highest … selection – are taught differently. Then, drawing upon students’ comments and prior research on effective teaching practices, we … identify elements of the course’s approach that appear to underlie its success: connecting the material to students’ own …

growing concern. We examine differences across universities in graduating students in different fields. Using student … than their non-science counterparts. Students with relatively weaker academic preparation are significantly more likely to … leave the sciences and take longer to graduate at each campus. We show the vast majority of minority students would be more …

address whether the increased usage of such faculty adversely affects undergraduate students' graduation rates. Using … of these faculty types does adversely affect graduation rates of students at 4-year colleges, with the largest impact on … students being felt at the public masters-level institutions …