Success in Economics Major: Is it Path Dependent?

Carlos Asarta (), Roger Butters () and Andrew Perumal ()
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Carlos Asarta: Department of Economics,University of Delaware
Roger Butters: Department of Economics,University of Nebraska
Andrew Perumal: Department of Economics,University of Massachusetts

No 13-11, Working Papers from University of Delaware, Department of Economics

Abstract: The economics profession has consistently demonstrated an interest in increasing the number of students exposed to economics, providing students with a quality education and identifying the key determinants of student success in the economics curriculum. Several strategies have been recommended and include implementing an applied approach rather than a theoretical approach (Okoye, 2011), exposing students to economics as early as possible in their undergraduate careers (Fournier and Sass, 2000), assigning popular professors to principles courses (Becker, 1997; Margo and Siegfried, 1996), modifying the curriculum to make economics more accessible to a broader range of students (Bartlett, 1995) or presenting material in a way that is relevant and interesting to students (Siegfried and Raymond, 1984).

Keywords: Economics Major; Undergraduate; Education; Assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 A22 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2013
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