Ilya Prakhov - Candidate of Sciences in Economics, Research Fellow, International Research Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms, National Research University-Higher School of Economics. Address: 20 Myasnitskaya str., 101000, Moscow, Russian Federation. E-mail: ipra@inbox.ru...

Despite the trends of massification of Russian higher education and recently introduced standardized entry exams, university applicants still may face barriers during the process of admission. As a result, they may be admitted to less selective universities, which generally offer low quality...