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Roberts, Simon J.; Stott, Tim – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study relative age effects (RAEs) in a selected sample of university students. The majority of education systems across the globe adopt age-related cut-off points for eligibility. This strategy has received criticism for (dis)advantaging those older children born closer to the "cut-off" date for…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Criticism, Age Differences, Foreign Countries