Updating tertiary education expectations and choices with learning
Authors: Joniada Milla
Overview
Abstract (English)
This paper conducts a large-scale study on how students revise their educational expectations and change their post-secondary education (PSE) pathways. I find evidence that an important determinant is exposure to unexpected information on the quality of match between their ability and the academic difficulty of the program. This relationship is non-linear and responsive only to unexpected information that signals a mismatch. In Canada almost 19% of freshman experience a PSE path disruption, which entails a public and private cost. Policy measures targeting student consultation to improve the quality of match could reduce this inefficiency.
Abstract (French)
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Details
| Type | Working paper (online) |
|---|---|
| Author | Joniada Milla |
| Publication Year | 2016 |
| Title | Updating tertiary education expectations and choices with learning |
| Series | CORE Discussion Papers Series |
| Number | 2016/13 |
| City | Louvain-la-Neuve, BE |
| Institution | Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) |
| Publication Language | English |
- Joniada Milla
- Working paper (online)
- Updating tertiary education expectations and choices with learning
- Joniada Milla
- CORE Discussion Papers Series
- 2016
- 2016/13