Choice and Selection
The Social Process of Transfer to Higher Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2111809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William A Reid (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 327-340 |
| Publication date | 1974-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047279400001057 |
| OpenAlex | W2028097046 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The allocation System whereby students pass from school to university is examined, and empirical evidence reviewed to establish the extent to which it approximates to the rationalistic model predicted by official literature on university admissions. Data from surveys in schools and universities tend to show that decisions are not the outcome of logical evaluations of objective information, but of poorly understood social processes in which institutional constraints and popular stereotypes play a major part. Implications are discussed for the secondary school curriculum, for inequalities in the selection process and for developments in admissions policies in an expanding system of higher education
Curriculum · Economics · Higher education · Inequality · Mathematics education · Microeconomics · Outcome (game theory) · Pedagogy · Political science · Process (computing) · Public relations · Selection (genetic algorithm) · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |