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Evaluating the fairness of admissions to UK higher education

评估英国高等教育招生的公平性

基本信息

批准号：
ES/P002579/1
负责人：
Vikki Boliver
金额：
$ 20.58万
依托单位：
Durham University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP002579%2F1
关键词：
Evaluating fairness admissions UK higher

项目摘要

This project sets out to evaluate the fairness of admission to UK universities in general, and to highly selective degree programmes in particular. Debates about fair access to higher education have tended to focus on the need to address the poorer attainment and aspirations of those from traditionally under-represented groups. Recently, however, policy-makers have begun recognise the need to also scrutinise the fairness of university admissions decisions. Currently there is no conclusive evidence as to whether university admissions decisions are fair in the narrow sense of simply reflecting the previous academic achievements of applicants. In this project we ask whether university applicants are equally likely to be offered university places if they are equally well-qualified, and we explore the extent to which different aspects of prior attainment explain why university applicants from lower social class backgrounds and ethnic minority groups are less likely to be offered university places than their middle class and white peers. We also ask to what extent access to higher education might be made fairer through the use of 'contextual data' to identify students from disadvantaged backgrounds with the potential to do well at university despite not having the grades usually required for admission. We answer these questions using linked data on school pupils, university applicants, and university entrants, which enables us to examine what factors influence whether or not people apply to university and whether or not they are offered a university place. Working with key organisations including the Office for Fair Access, Universities UK, and the Equality Challenge Unit, we will share our findings and recommendations with universities to help them improve the fairness of their admissions policies.

该项目旨在评估英国大学入学的公平性，特别是高选择性学位课程。关于公平接受高等教育的辩论往往集中在解决传统上代表性不足的群体的较差成就和愿望的必要性上。然而，最近政策制定者开始认识到，也有必要审查大学录取决定的公平性。目前还没有确凿的证据表明，大学的录取决定是否公平，即仅仅反映申请人以前的学术成就。在这个项目中，我们询问大学申请者是否同样有可能获得大学录取，如果他们同样合格，我们探索了先前成就的不同方面在多大程度上解释了为什么来自较低社会阶层背景和少数民族的大学申请者比中产阶级和白人同龄人更不可能获得大学录取。我们还想知道，通过使用“背景数据”来识别来自弱势背景的学生，尽管没有达到通常的入学要求，但他们有可能在大学里表现出色，在多大程度上可以使接受高等教育的机会更加公平。我们使用小学生、大学申请者和大学进入者的相关数据来回答这些问题，这使我们能够检查哪些因素影响人们是否申请大学以及他们是否被大学录取。我们将与包括公平入学办公室、英国大学和平等挑战单位在内的主要组织合作，与大学分享我们的发现和建议，以帮助他们提高招生政策的公平性。