The Characteristics of the University Admission System and Their Infl uence on the Accessibility of Higher Education
https://doi.org/10.15826/umpa.2021.04.035
Abstract
The study provides a review of the admission to universities models in different countries and also a comparative analysis of the educational systems characteristics from an international perspective. The aim of the research is to assess the possible impact of the educational system characteristics on the accessibility of higher education. There is also proposed an analytical model which explains how the level of autonomy and selectivity of the educational system, along with the characteristics of the student financial support influence the level of accessibility of higher education. The framework of the model is supported by the cases of selected groups of countries: post-Soviet countries, the USA and the UK, Scandinavian countries and Western European countries. Based on the classification of higher education systems, countries with the highest level of access to higher education tend to have low levels of autonomy and selectivity, or they also can be characterized by highly developed system of financial support. As a result, it was found that high selectivity and autonomy level can negatively influence the accessibility of higher education, while high level of the financial support system may neutralize this effect and positively influence on the access to higher education. Results of the study can be useful while reforming the selection system in Russia, since comparative analysis shows which tools make it possible to increase the accessibility of higher education and, as a result, to reduce educational inequality among different social groups.
Keywords
selection systems to higher educational institutes,
selectivity,
autonomy,
accessibility of higher education,
student financial support,
the Unified State Examination
Supporting agencies: The article was prepared within the framework of the HSE University Basic Research Program
About the Authors
P. O. Bugakova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Polina O. Bugakova – intern researcher, Center for Institutional Studies
4 Myasnitskaya st., Moscow, 101000
I. A. Prakhov
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ilya A. Prakhov – PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Center for Institutional Studies
4 Myasnitskaya st., Moscow, 101000
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Bugakova P.O., Prakhov I.A. The Characteristics of the University Admission System and Their Infl uence on the Accessibility of Higher Education. University Management: Practice and Analysis. 2021;25(4):37-54. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15826/umpa.2021.04.035
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