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Direct linkOst, Ben – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2010
Using longitudinal administrative data from a large elite research university, this paper separately analyzes the determinants of persistence for life and physical science majors. My results confirm much of the previous research on major persistence in the sciences, but I document that many findings are solely driven by persistence patterns in the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Majors (Students), Introductory Courses, Research Universities
Webber, Douglas A.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G. – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2010
Rates of tuition increases in both private and public higher education that continually exceed inflation, coupled with the fact that the United States no longer leads the world in terms of the fraction of young adults who have college degrees, have focused attention on why costs keep increasing in higher education and what categories of higher…
Descriptors: Productivity, Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Full Time Equivalency
