Friday, 27 March 2020

Mismatched students and universities

an article published in CentrePiece Volume 25 Issue 1 (March/Spring 2020)
Paper No CEPCP573

Higher education has long been thought of as a tool to equalise opportunities. But according to research by Gill Wyness and colleagues, if we really want to improve the life chances of disadvantaged students, we need to pay much more attention to the types of universities and subjects in which they enrol.

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JEL Classification: I22, I23, I28

Labels:
higher_education, educational_economics, college_choice, mismatch, under-match,

This article summarises 'Inequalities in Student to Course Match: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data' by Stuart Campbell, Lindsey Macmillan, Richard Murphy and Gill Wyness, CEP Discussion Paper No. 1647


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