The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major

Katja Görlitz; Christina Gravert

doi:10.1080/09645292.2018.1426731

The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major

Katja Görlitz^*, Christina Gravert

^*Corresponding author for this work

6 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students’ probability to enroll at university and to choose a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major. The reform increased the difficulty of graduating from high school by increasing the instruction time in core subjects and by raising the graduation requirements. Based on administrative data covering all students, the analysis is carried out by applying a difference-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both genders. With regard to choosing STEM as college major, we find a robust positive effect on males.

Original language	English
Journal	Education Economics
Volume	26
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	321-336
ISSN	0964-5292
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2018.1426731
Publication status	Published - 2 Feb 2018

Keywords

choice of college major
High school curriculum
reform evaluation
STEM
university education

Access to Document

10.1080/09645292.2018.1426731

Cite this

@article{ea3f0210e01949dda98ece9406ff01b9,

title = "The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major",

abstract = "This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students{\textquoteright} probability to enroll at university and to choose a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major. The reform increased the difficulty of graduating from high school by increasing the instruction time in core subjects and by raising the graduation requirements. Based on administrative data covering all students, the analysis is carried out by applying a difference-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both genders. With regard to choosing STEM as college major, we find a robust positive effect on males.",

keywords = "choice of college major, High school curriculum, reform evaluation, STEM, university education",

author = "Katja G{\"o}rlitz and Christina Gravert",

year = "2018",

month = feb,

day = "2",

doi = "10.1080/09645292.2018.1426731",

language = "English",

volume = "26",

pages = "321--336",

journal = "Education Economics",

issn = "0964-5292",

publisher = "Routledge",

number = "3",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major

AU - Görlitz, Katja

AU - Gravert, Christina

PY - 2018/2/2

Y1 - 2018/2/2

N2 - This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students’ probability to enroll at university and to choose a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major. The reform increased the difficulty of graduating from high school by increasing the instruction time in core subjects and by raising the graduation requirements. Based on administrative data covering all students, the analysis is carried out by applying a difference-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both genders. With regard to choosing STEM as college major, we find a robust positive effect on males.

AB - This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students’ probability to enroll at university and to choose a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) major. The reform increased the difficulty of graduating from high school by increasing the instruction time in core subjects and by raising the graduation requirements. Based on administrative data covering all students, the analysis is carried out by applying a difference-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both genders. With regard to choosing STEM as college major, we find a robust positive effect on males.

KW - choice of college major

KW - High school curriculum

KW - reform evaluation

KW - STEM

KW - university education

U2 - 10.1080/09645292.2018.1426731

DO - 10.1080/09645292.2018.1426731

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85041632477

SN - 0964-5292

VL - 26

SP - 321

EP - 336

JO - Education Economics

JF - Education Economics

IS - 3

ER -

The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this