The Agony of University Choice: Broaden Horizons, Expand Participation?

Autor/in	Weisser, Reinhard A.
Titel	The Agony of University Choice: Broaden Horizons, Expand Participation?
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 49 (2023) 2, S.229-246 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Weisser, Reinhard A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2022.2049738
Schlagwörter	College Choice; College Attendance; Decision Making; College Admission; College Applicants; Student Characteristics; Student Mobility; Access to Education; Disadvantaged; Foreign Countries; Personality Traits; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Risk; Proximity; School Location; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studienortwahl; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; College applications; Studienbewerber; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ausland; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Risiko; Lebensnähe; Schulgelände; Deutschland
Abstract	This study investigates how personality and individual experiences influence decision-making processes during the transition into Higher Education (HE). It offers insights into application choices, where applicants employ different quantitative hedging strategies against non-admission. These strategies are assessed by the number of applications but also the search radius, leading to an alternative's inclusion into the application set. An empirical analysis of the usually unobserved application stage shows how these hedging strategies depend on applicants' perceptions of psychic costs and their socio-demographic backgrounds. This heterogeneity may explain varying participation rates for different subpopulations in a country with a large HE sector, such as Germany. An essential finding points to the relevance of earlier mobility experiences during adolescence, which may act as facilitators of subsequent student mobility. Providing adolescents with a stimulating mobility experience before they consider transitioning to university could thus be an avenue to increase participation chances of potentially disadvantaged groups. (As Provided).
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