ERIC Number: EJ1455703
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0485
EISSN: EISSN-2152-4068
Explaining Heterogeneity in Student Diversity across Economics Departments
Anna McDougall; Douglas McKee; George Orlov
Journal of Economic Education, v56 n1 p1-21 2025
While the field of economics lacks diversity, there is little consensus on the underlying causes of or most effective solutions to this problem. The authors of this article combine data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) with data from their own survey of U.S. economics departments to identify institution and department characteristics associated with observed variation in gender and racial diversity of undergraduate students across departments. They focus their attention on student support, role modeling, course content, and the use of active learning pedagogy. While they find no significant associations between course content or student support with student diversity, they find that gender diversity in departmental faculty is a strong predictor and that active learning is positively associated with gender diversity.
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Economics Education, Departments, Undergraduate Students, Data Analysis, Institutional Characteristics, Intellectual Disciplines, Differences, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Role Models, Course Content, Active Learning, Disproportionate Representation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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