In this paper, we examine two factors that may affect student achievement in economics principles courses. First, we examine the effect of working for pay on course performance at a commuter school where 70 percent of the student body works for pay at least part time. Second, we examine how the...

A limited number of studies have focused on formative assessment in higher education. This paper examines the effectiveness of applied exercises with a feedback mechanism as a formative assessment technique in an economics principles course. The exercises did correspond to overall improvements...

There are good arguments for an individual income tax on “potential income”, but the drawback to such a tax is the significant administrative concern regarding the implementation of the tax. This paper argues that human capital theory provides a widely accepted and straightforward method to...