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Direct linkKosunen, Sonja – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2023
External privatisation of public education has emerged in Finland in the admission to higher education. A field analysis of thematic interviews (N = 22) with powerful actors in the private educational market and middle-class young people applying for places at universities in the highly competitive disciplines of medicine and law was conducted.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Privatization, Higher Education, College Applicants
Kunnari, Jenni; Pursiainen, Jouni; Läärä, Esa; Rusanen, Jarmo; Muukkonen, Hanni – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2023
Fluent transitions to higher education are a common concern, especially in highly selective Finnish teacher education (TE). This study examined the fit between the matriculation examination (ME) results and the selection criteria applied in TE. We studied the accepted applicants in Finland in 2013-2015 (n = 5116), and both the accepted and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Applicants, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Atherton, Graeme – Sutton Trust, 2021
England has a 'pre-qualification' system of higher education admissions, where applications and offers are made to young people before exam results are received. While in most cases offers are conditional on achieving a grade target in A Level exams, recent years have seen an exponential growth in 'unconditional offers', where the offer of a place…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Universities, Qualifications
Download full textJokila, Suvi; Haltia, Nina; Kosunen, Sonja – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: This study focuses on courses that prepare applicants for universities' highly competitive entrance examinations in Finland. The analysis clarifies the market-making practices and the construction of this field. Design/Approach/Methods: To understand these processes, we use Caliskan and Callon's five framings for studying marketization as…
Descriptors: Marketing, Tutoring, Commercialization, Private Education
