Can higher education admission be more equitable? Evidence supporting the inclusion of relative ranking in the process

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15067652
AutoresJuan Gallegos Mardones (0000-0003-0178-8381, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, autor de correspondencia), Nelyda Campos-Requena (Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción), Nelyda Campos‐Requena (0000-0001-5214-0273, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción)
Año2021
Volumen34
Número1
Páginas2539-2554
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEconomic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1331-677X • E-ISSN: 1848-9664
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1331677x.2020.1833745
OpenAlexW3097057754
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas36

Many higher education systems require students to take admission exams, which are considered good predictors of academic performance. However, in Latin America, their use has been criticised for promoting socioeconomic segregation and favouring students of higher socioeconomic levels. This research complements the higher education admission process by using alternative measures of relative performance that promote greater equity in the system and allow access to higher education for more vulnerable sectors. A longitudinal study of students in Chile taking the University Selection Test (P.S.U.) and estimations of ordinary least squares (O.L.S.) in two stages were conducted. We found that the use of new measures of performance allows those more vulnerable students from public schools to reach equal and/or superior levels of relative performance than their peers from private schools. The practical implications of this research relate to recognising that good students can also attend public schools and that those students who have the capability can enter higher education, independent of their economic situations

Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Higher education · Latin Americans · Mathematics education · Ordinary least squares · Political science · Public economics · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology