Access to Higher Education by the Luck of the Draw

Autor/in	Stone, Peter
Titel	Access to Higher Education by the Luck of the Draw
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 57 (2013) 3, S.577-599 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/670663
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; College Admission; Higher Education; Selection Criteria; College Applicants; Foreign Countries; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; College applications; Studienbewerber; Ausland; Irland
Abstract	Random selection is a fair way to break ties between applicants of equal merit seeking admission to institutions of higher education (with "merit" defined here in terms of the intrinsic contribution higher education would make to the applicant's life). Opponents of random selection commonly argue that differences in strength between applicant claims almost always exist, so that few if any ties need be broken. Fairness, however, also demands that no distinctions be drawn among applicant claims unless those distinctions are more likely to track merit than extraneous arbitrary factors (such as race, gender, or class). Fairness thus requires random selection under the right circumstances, and these circumstances frequently obtain in the realm of higher education admissions. (As Provided).
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