Learning about Academic Ability and the College Dropout Decision

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Shifting College Majors in Response to Advanced Placement Exam Scores (2017, unknown): “…because they lack adequate information on the relative benefits and challenges of certain majors, or because they enter college with inadequate academic preparation for a preferred major (Betts 1996; Oreopoulos and Dunn 2013; Stinebrickner and Stinebrickner 2012; Wiswall and Zafar 2015a, 2015b).”
Parents’ Beliefs about Their Children’s Academic Ability: Implications for Educational Investments (2019, unknown): “6This builds on prior studies that use observational data to show that students’ beliefs about their own abilities predict their decisions, such as college major choice or college dropout (Chevalier et al., 2009; Arcidiacono et al., 2012; Stinebrickner and Stinebrickner, 2012, 2014).”
Student Loans: Do College Students Borrow Too Much--Or Not Enough? (2012, unknown): “Indeed, Stange (forthcoming) estimates that 14 percent of the (positive) expected return to college enrollment can be attributed to this option value (see also Stinebrickner and Stinebrickner 2009).”