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Subject specific league tables and students' application decisions
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Date Issued
2015-03-13
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Abstract
Do applicants to higher education rely on expert judgement about the quality of the course when applying? Using application data across UK universities over a period of 8 years, we investigate how league tables affect prospective students’ application decisions. We use subject specific ranking rather than the commonly used institution level ranking. We find that a one standard deviation change in the subject-level ranking score of an institution is associated with on average a 4.3% increase in application numbers per faculty. This effect is particularly pronounced among faculties with the best scores, and overseas applicants. Limits to the number of applications have increased the preponderance of league tables.
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Geary Institute
Start Page
1
End Page
31
Series
UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy Discussion Paper Series
WP2015/03
Copyright (Published Version)
2015 the authors
Classification
I23
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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