Virtual Classrooms: How Online College Courses Affect Student Success

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 progres...

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Published in:The American economic review 2017-09, Vol.107 (9), p.2855-2875
Main Authors: Bettinger, Eric P., Fox, Lindsay, Loeb, Susanna, Taylor, Eric S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classes
Classrooms
College students
Colleges & universities
Distance learning
Higher education
Internet
Online instruction
Students
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