Arbeitspapier

College Curriculum, Diverging Selectivity, and Enrollment Expansion

We analyze the impact of expansion of higher education on student outcomes in the context of competition among colleges which differentiate themselves horizontally by setting curricular standards. When public or economic pressures compel less selective colleges to lower their curricular demands, low-ability students benefit at the expense of medium-ability students. This reduces competitive pressure faced by more selective colleges, which therefore adopt more demanding curricula to better serve their most able students. This stylized model of curricular product differentiation in higher education offers an explanation for the diverging selectivity trends of American colleges. It also appears consistent with the U-shaped earnings growth profile we observe among college-educated workers in the U.S.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6122

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Analysis of Education
Higher Education; Research Institutions
Education and Inequality
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets
Thema
curricular standard
higher education
college selectivity
enrollment expansion
income distribution

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kaganovich, Michael
Su, Xuejuan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2016

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kaganovich, Michael
  • Su, Xuejuan
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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