Different Grounds for Admission: Its effects on recruitment and achievement in medical education

• Published in: Scandinavian journal of educational research Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 45 - 62
• Main Authors: Cliffordson, Christina, Askling, Berit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.02.2006; Taylor & Francis Group Journals; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Admission Criteria; Admission system; College Entrance Examinations; Comparative Analysis; Curriculum subjects: programmes and methods; Education; Educational sciences; Foreign Countries; Grades (Scholastic); Higher education; Medical and paramedical education; Medical Education; Pedagogics; Pedagogik; Pedagogy; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Secondary Education; Selection effects; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Socialvetenskap; Step-wise admission; Student Diversity; Study Habits; Sweden; Teaching methods; Sweden; Medicine; Selection effects; Heterogeneity; Higher Education; Admission system; Step-wise admission; Selection Criterion; Admission; Success

The purpose of this study is to examine effects of the admission system to higher education on background diversity of students and study efficiency. By using data from a longitudinal project, the students admitted to medical education on different admission grounds are compared. The results indicat...