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Making the (letter) grade: The incentive effects of mandatory pass/fail courses
Butcher, Kristin F.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Weerapana, Akila - 2022
In Fall 2014, Wellesley College began mandating pass/fail grading for courses taken by first-year, first-semester students, although instructors continued to record letter grades. We identify the causal effect of the policy on course choice and performance, using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014301988
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Mind the Gap? Estimating the Effects of Postponing Higher Education
Holmlund, Bertil; Liu, Qian; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2006
variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that postponement of higher education is associated with a persistent and … studies. The reduction of lifetime earnings associated with two years postponement of higher education amounts to 40 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321632
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Mind the gap? Estimating the effects of postponing higher education
Holmlund, Bertil; Liu, Qian; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2006
variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that postponement of higher education is associated with a persistent and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317956
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Minority enrollments at public universities of diverse selectivity levels under different admission regimes: The case of Texas
Alfonso, Mariana; Calcagno, Juan Carlos - 2007
This study describes how minority enrollment probabilities respond to changes in admission policies from affirmative-action to merit-only programs and then to percentage plans when the demographic composition of the potential pool of applicants is also shifting. It takes advantage of admission...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278248
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How do crises affect schooling decisions? Evidence from changing labor market opportunities and a policy experiment
López Bóo, Florencia - 2008
account for the fact that a new Federal Education Law (FEL) in 1996 extended mandatory education to 10 years. Differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278225
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Women's colleges and economics major choice: Evidence from Wellesley College applicants
Butcher, Kristin F.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Weerapana, Akila - 2023
Many observers argue that diversity in Economics and STEM fields is critical, not simply because of egalitarian goals, but because who is in a field may shape what is studied by it. If increasing the rate of majoring in mathematically-intensive fields among women is a worthy goal, then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480616
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Education and equality of opportunity: What have we learned from educational reforms?
Holmlund, Helena - 2016
Equality of opportunity has been one of the central ideas governing education policy in the Nordic welfare state. This …'s introduced pedagogical as well as organizational variety in the education system in Sweden. The Swedish choice reform … is unique in an international perspective, and has reshaped the education sector dramatically as a growing number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695388
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Technology's edge: The educational benefits of computer-aided instruction
Barrow, Lisa; Markham, Lisa; Rouse, Cecilia Elena - 2007
investing heavily in computerized curriculums as a way to enhance education output, even though there is surprisingly little …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292103
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Technology and education: Computers, software, and the internet
Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011564678
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share.loc –Transparenz und Integration von Lernobjekten an der Universität Münster
Vossen, Gottfried; Dahl, Daniel - E-Learning-Kompetenzzentrum <Münster, Westfalen> - 2007
Mit der zunehmenden Verbreitung von e-Learning an Hochschulen ist einhergehend einewachsende Intransparenz bezüglich vorhandener Inhalte und Plattformen festzustellen. Das ander Universität Münster entwickelte e-Learning Repository share.loc zeigt einen Ausweg ausdiesem Dilemma auf, indem an...
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