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Direct linkMountford-Zimdars, Anna; Moore, Joanne – Oxford Review of Education, 2020
Highly selective higher education institutions (HEIs) are simultaneously mandated to enable access for populations which have traditionally been excluded ('equality'), and to ensure that admitted students have the potential to succeed in higher education ('excellence'). This article uses original empirical case study data from 2018, from nine…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Admission, Selective Admission, Foreign Countries
Burgess, Simon; Greaves, Ellen; Vignoles, Anna – Oxford Review of Education, 2019
We study school choice in England using a new dataset containing the choices of all parents seeking a school place in state secondary schools. We provide new empirical evidence to inform how the school choice market functions, including the number of choices made, whether the nearest school is the first choice and the probability of an offer from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Choice, Equal Education, Admission (School)
Noden, Philip; Shiner, Michael; Modood, Tariq – Oxford Review of Education, 2014
Previous research suggested that candidates from some black and minority ethnic groups were less likely to receive an offer of a place from an "old" university. These findings were disputed in a re-analysis carried out for HEFCE which found that only Pakistani candidates were significantly less likely to receive offers (from both…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Selective Admission
West, Anne; Barham, Eleanor; Hind, Audrey – Oxford Review of Education, 2011
The distribution of pupils amongst schools is fundamental to concerns about equality of educational opportunity and it is for this reason that the process by which pupils are admitted to schools is of significance. This paper focuses on admissions criteria and practices used by English secondary schools in 2001 and 2008 in light of changes to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Admission (School)
Peer reviewedMorgan, Harriet P. – Oxford Review of Education, 1990
Examines the conceptual framework of sponsored and contest mobility originated by Ralph H. Turner to illuminate student educational mobility in the British and U.S. educational systems in 1960. Concludes that today entry into U.S. higher education is determined by demand rather than ability but entry into the British higher education system is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Comparative Analysis, Educational Demand
