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The Effect of Course Shutouts on Community College Students: Evidence from Waitlist Cutoffs

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  • Silvia Robles
  • Max Gross
  • Robert W. Fairlie

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We provide the first causal evidence on the impacts of limited course availability at a community college. We find that students stuck on a waitlist and shut out of a course section were 22–28 percent more likely to take zero courses that term.

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  • Silvia Robles & Max Gross & Robert W. Fairlie, "undated". "The Effect of Course Shutouts on Community College Students: Evidence from Waitlist Cutoffs," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 0d336d25421e48e89e4fa7fc1, Mathematica Policy Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:mpr:mprres:0d336d25421e48e89e4fa7fc18203569
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    1. Mumford, Kevin J. & Patterson, Richard & Yim, Anthony, 2024. "College Course Shutouts," IZA Discussion Papers 16859, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Krekel, Christian & Srisuma, Sorawoot, 2024. "Talking Therapy: Impacts of a Nationwide Mental Health Service in England," IZA Discussion Papers 16839, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Nick Huntington-Klein & Andrew Gill, 2021. "Semester Course Load and Student Performance," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 62(5), pages 623-650, August.

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    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions

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