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Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Bøckmann, Ester – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2022
This paper uses register data to study how a particular age reward feature affects admission into two highly competitive study programs: medicine and law. The Norwegian admission system to higher education is centralized, and applicants compete in two quotas: one quota almost entirely based on grade point average from upper secondary education and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Age Differences, Medical Schools
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Frolich, Nicoline; Waagene, Erica; Aamodt, Per Olaf – Tertiary Education and Management, 2011
Performance indicators and performance-based funding are becoming integral components of higher education (HE) policy around the globe. We explore some of the implications of this type of policy on Norwegian HE. We believe the case will be of significant interest to policy-makers, stakeholders and academics alike, not least because our empirical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competition, Educational Demand, Foreign Countries