Replication data for: Virtual Classrooms: How Online College Courses Affect Student Success
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Eric P. Bettinger; Lindsay Fox; Susanna Loeb; Eric S. Taylor
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Project Citation:
Bettinger, Eric P., Fox, Lindsay, Loeb, Susanna, and Taylor, Eric S. Replication data for: Virtual Classrooms: How Online College Courses Affect Student Success. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113090V1
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Summary:
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Online college courses are a rapidly expanding feature of higher education, yet little research identifies their effects relative to traditional in-person classes. Using an instrumental variables approach, we find that taking a course online, instead of in-person, reduces student success and progress in college. Grades are lower both for the course taken online and in future courses. Students are less likely to remain enrolled at the university. These estimates are local average treatment effects for students with access to both online and in-person options; for other students, online classes may be the only option for accessing college-level courses.
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JEL Classification:
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I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
I26 Returns to Education
I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
I26 Returns to Education
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