- Title Information
- Title
- Effects of the shift to English-only instruction on college outcomes: Evidence from Central Asia
- Name
- Name Part
- Aizat Nurshatayeva
- Role
- Role Term (marcrelator)
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- author
- Name
- Name Part
- Lindsay C. Page
- Role
- Role Term (marcrelator)
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- author
- Subject
- Topic
- English-only instruction
- Subject
- Topic
- higher education
- Subject
- Topic
- difference-in-differences
- Subject (edworkp)
- Topic
- Post-secondary education
- Subject (edworkp)
- Topic
- Program and policy effects
- Origin Information
- Date Created
- 2019
- Publisher
- Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
- Abstract
- English-only college education in non-English speaking countries is a rapidly growing phenomenon that has been dubbed as the most important trend in higher education internationalization. Despite worldwide popularity, there is little empirical evidence about how the transition to English-only instruction affects students’ academic outcomes. Using a natural experiment at a selective university in Central Asia and a difference-in-differences strategy, we estimate the causal effect of switching to English-only instruction on students’ college outcomes. We find that the introduction of English-only instruction led to a decrease of GPAs and probability of graduation and an increase in the number of failed course credits. Although negative, the effects were short-lived. The difference-in-differences estimates and the examination of potential mechanisms suggest that at least in selective universities in non-English speaking countries, the switch to English-only instruction may affect college outcomes negatively at the time of transition but may not necessarily imply longer-run negative effects.
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Code (ISO639-2B)
- eng
- Type of Resource
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- Genre (aat)
- grey literature
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- edworkingpapers.com
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DOI
- 10.26300/8qj1-tw96
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