Students taking courses online are less likely to remain enrolled at the university¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Students are less likely to remain enrolled at the university when the course is taken online rather than in person. → Eric P. Bettinger 2017

Evidence¶

Eric P. Bettinger 2017¶

Eric P. Bettinger, Lindsay Fox, Susanna Loeb, Eric S. Taylor. (2017). Virtual Classrooms: How Online College Courses Affect Student Success. American Economic Review, vol. 107, no. 9. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/virtual-classrooms-how-online-college-courses-affect-student-success doi:10.1257/aer.20151193

q3 · i? · causal · r?

Among the study's key findings, the page reports that "Students are less likely to remain enrolled at the university," a persistence outcome alongside the grade effects. No effect size is printed.

"Students are less likely to remain enrolled at the university."

Discussion¶

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