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Class Size Effects in Higher Education: Differences across STEM and Non-STEM Fields
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In recent years, many countries have experienced a significant expansion of higher education enrolment. There is a particular interest among policy makers for further growth in STEM subjects, which could lead to larger classes in these fields. This study estimates the effect of class size on academic performance of university students, distinguishing between STEM and non-STEM fields. Using administrative data from a large UK higher education institution, we consider a sample of 25,000 students and a total of more than 190,000 observations, spanning six cohorts of first-year undergraduate students across all disciplines. Our identification of the class size effects rests on within student-across course variation. Overall, we find that larger classes are associated with significantly lower grades (effect size of -0.04) and the effect varies across academic fields, with no effect in non-STEM fields, and a large effect in STEM fields (-0.08). We further explore the heterogeneity of the effect along the dimensions of students' socio-economic status, ability, and gender, finding that in STEM disciplines smaller classes appear to be particularly beneficial for students from a low socio-economic background, with higher attainment in A-levels and to male students.
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Keyword:
class size; ddc:330; higher education; I21; I23; I28; STEM; student academic performance
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/216531
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If (My) 6 Was (Your) 9: Reporting Heterogeneity in Student Evaluations of Teaching
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Class Size Effects in Higher Education: Differences across STEM and Non-STEM Fields
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The Effect of Course Shutouts on Community College Students: Evidence from Waitlist Cutoffs
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The relationship between image and reputation in the Spanish public university
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Long walk to knowledge : On the determinants of higher education mobility to Europe
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In: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01907199 ; 2018 (2018)
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The relative labour market performance of former international students: Evidence from the Canadian National Graduates Survey
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The Relative Labour Market Performance of Former International Students: Evidence from the Canadian National Graduates Survey
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Tuition Fees and Student Achievement - Evidence from a Differential Raise in Fees
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Fricke, Hans. - : Kiel und Hamburg: ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, 2014
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La competencia lingüística en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior desde la perspectiva del docente: El caso español en el contexto europeo
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A community college instructor like me: Race and ethnicity interactions in the classroom
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The Americanization of European higher education and research
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