Executive summary This work was commissioned to examine the available evidence on a)
the effectiveness of different methods used by medical schools to select students, and b) the …

Human capital theory–developed by neoclassical economists like Gary Becker and
Theodore Schultz–is widely considered a useful way to explain how employees might …

High-achieving, low-income students attend selective colleges at far lower rates than
upperincome students with similar achievement. Behavioral biases, intensified by …

The marketisation of higher education is a growing worldwide trend. Increasingly, market
steering is replacing or supplementing government steering. Tuition fees are being …

High-achieving, low-income students attend selective colleges at far lower rates than upper-
income students with similar achievement. Behavioral biases, intensified by complexity and …

In an era of rising college costs and stagnant grant-based student aid, many young adults
rely on their parents' resources and student loans to pay for their postsecondary education …

In the early 2000s, a highly selective university introduced a “no-loans” policy under which
the loan component of financial aid awards was replaced with grants. We use this natural …

The increasing role that immigrants and their children, especially those from Latin America,
are playing in American society, Sandy Baum and Stella Flores argue, makes it essential …

Research among prospective UK undergraduates in 2002 found that some students,
especially from low social classes, were deterred from applying to university because of fear …

This paper discusses how the rhetoric of 'diversity'is mobilised within New Labour HE policy
discourse around widening participation (WP). The paper argues that these constructions of …