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Direct linkSandsør, 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
