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Direct linkAtherton, 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
Peer reviewedResnik, Julia – Critical Studies in Education, 2019
The recognition of the DP (diploma programme) for university admission is crucial for the development of International Baccalaureate (IB) schools and the expansion of the IB network worldwide. In an era of higher education (HE) massification, accompanied by high failure and dropout rates, intense debates on access to HE are taking place in many…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Advanced Placement Programs, Higher Education
Wyness, Gill – Sutton Trust, 2017
This report reviews literature on both sides of the Atlantic to study the admissions process, specifically focusing on elements of the process which may prove to be particular barriers to disadvantaged students--including the University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) form, course choices, predicted grades, and personal statements--and looks…
Descriptors: College Admission, Disadvantaged Youth, Barriers, Access to Education
Download full textColleges Ontario, 2009
The movement of students between postsecondary institutions is becoming increasingly common and has created a need for greater emphasis on postsecondary education (PSE) pathways. This report outlines the available data on postsecondary student mobility within Ontario, with a focus on mobility between Ontario's colleges and universities. For…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Programs, Social Sciences, Foreign Countries
PDF pending restorationHeslop, Joanne – 2001
This report summarizes the application, qualification, admission, and registration patterns of 6,804 college transfer students who applied for admission to at least one of British Columbia's (BC) universities for the fall term of the year 2000. Data contributed by the University of British Columbia (UBC), the University of Victoria (UVic), the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Applicants, College Transfer Students
Colleges Ontario, 2005
The 2004 College Applicant Survey (CAS) describes the college-bound applicant pool by covering a broad range of areas including key demographics, factors influencing college selection, academic background and financial preparedness. It is the most comprehensive and the richest source of survey data to date on applicants to the Ontario Colleges of…
Descriptors: College Applicants, Profiles, Surveys, Individual Characteristics
