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18.12.2020
Using Motivation Letters to Understand Students' Higher Educational Choices
About this event
18 December 2020 from 16:00 until 18:00
Wednesday January 13th 2021
13:00-14:00 (webinar)
- Speaker: Anne Boring (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Abstract
In this research, we analyze information from motivation letters that students provide in their admissions packages to a selective French university specialized in social sciences. We use the information these letters contain to understand how students’ motivations evolve over the course of their studies, up to their choices of master’s degree specialization. We analyze how students’ motivations for different study paths evolve throughout their undergraduate studies, when they are exposed to new courses and when they receive ability signals through grades in different fields.
About this event
18 December 2020 from 16:00 until 18:00