Plausibly Exogenous [749] - Academic Calendar (02/06/2022)

LHS Variable
Student outcomes

RHS Variable
Design of academic calendar

Source of Exogenous Variation
Staggered adoption of semesters (as opposed to quarters) across institutions

- Bostwick, Fischer, and Lang (2022), “Semesters or Quarters? The Effect of the Academic Calendar on Postsecondary Student Outcomes”