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Do intensive guidance programs reduce social inequality in the transition to higher education in Germany? Experimental evidence from the ZuBAb study 0.5 years after high school graduation

Erdmann, Melinda; Pietrzyk, Irena Magdalena; Helbig, Marcel - 2022

This paper examines the effect of an intensive counseling program to promote university access among students who are …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171339

Do intensive guidance programs reduce social inequality in the transition to higher education in Germany? : experimental evidence from the ZuBAb study 0.5 years after high school graduation

Erdmann, Melinda; Pietrzyk, Irena Magdalena; Helbig, Marcel - 2022

This paper examines the effect of an intensive counseling program to promote university access among students who are …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166736

Distance and choice of field: Evidence from a Norwegian college expansion reform

Knutsen, Tora K.; Modalsli, Jørgen Heibø; Rønning, Marte - 2020

How can geographical proximity to college explain field of study choices? We empirically address this question using the major expansion of university colleges in Norway in the second half of the twentieth century, when 33 new education institutions were established in areas that did not...

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Distance and choice of field : evidence from a Norwegian college expansion reform

Knutsen, Tora K.; Modalsli, Jørgen; Rønning, Marte - 2020

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012225090

'First in Family' University Graduates in England

Henderson, Morag; Shure, Nikki; Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna - 2019

Universities around the world are attempting to increase the diversity of their student population. This includes individuals who are 'first in family' (FiF), those who achieve a university degree, but whose (step) parents did not. We provide the first large scale, quantitative evidence on FiF...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141224

"First in family" university graduates in England

Henderson, Morag; Shure, Nikki; Adamecz, Anna - 2019

Universities around the world are attempting to increase the diversity of their student population. This includes individuals who are "first in family" (FiF), those who achieve a university degree, but whose (step) parents did not. We provide the first large scale, quantitative evidence on FiF...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105013

Should I stay of should I go? : neighbors' effects on university enrollment

Fernandez, Andrés Barrios - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180495

Fully Integrating Upper-Secondary Vocational and Academic Courses: A Flexible New Way?

Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - 2016

The tracking of students in upper-secondary school is often criticised for narrowing the career prospects of student in the vocational education and training (VET) track, which in many countries leads to the stigmatisation of VET courses. To tackle this problem, Australia blurred the lines...

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Higher Education Access and Outcomes for the 2008 South African National Matric Cohort

van Broekhuizen, Hendrik; van der Berg, Servaas; … - 2016

This study uses a unique dataset to investigate university access, throughput, and dropout for the 2008 South African … national matric cohort. The findings show that university access in South Africa is limited, even among learners who perform …. However, the results from the analysis suggests that observed patterns of university access and university success are …

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Fully integrating upper-secondary vocational and academic courses : a flexible new way?

Polidano, Cain; Tabasso, Domenico - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450867