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Test-Based Admission to Selective Universities: A Lever for First-Generation Students or a Safety Ne...

Test-Based Admission to Selective Universities: A Lever for First-Generation Students or a Safety Ne...

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Test-Based Admission to Selective Universities: A Lever for First-Generation Students or a Safety Net for the Professional Classes?

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Test-Based Admission to Selective Universities: A Lever for First-Generation Students or a Safety Net for the Professional Classes?

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London, England: SAGE Publications Ltd

Journal title

Sociology (Oxford), 2018-04, Vol.52 (2), p.333-350

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English

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London, England: SAGE Publications Ltd

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Contents

This article examines whether the existence of a secondary higher education admission system honouring more qualitative and extra-curricular merits has reduced the social class gap in access to highly sought-after university programmes in Denmark. I use administrative data to examine differences in the social gradient in the primary admission syste...

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Test-Based Admission to Selective Universities: A Lever for First-Generation Students or a Safety Net for the Professional Classes?

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2016182508

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2016182508

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ISSN

0038-0385

E-ISSN

1469-8684

DOI

10.1177/0038038516653097

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