High-profile universities often face public criticism for undermining academic merit and promoting social elitism or engineering through their admissions-process. Popular statistical tests for detecting such biases, based on the significance of socioeconomic characteristics on admission...

Das Buch enthält drei detaillierte empirische Studien zur Verteilung wichtiger, aber knapper Güter: Studienplätze an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen, Arbeitsplätze in Unternehmen und Spenderorgane in der Transplantationsmedizin. Mit der Analyse konkreter legitimationsempfindlicher...

"The Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context series features advanced theory, research, and practice in the areas of international testing and assessment in psychology, education, counseling, organizational behavior, human resource management and all related disciplines. It...

This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-bound high school students, we use a difference-in-difference methodology to analyze the...

Der Band bietet Beiträge zu nahezu allen relevanten Themen der Sozialen Arbeit in der Migrationsgesellschaft. Multiperspektivisch und interdisziplinär wird Migration konsequent mit gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen, fachlichen Erfordernissen sowie Theorien Sozialer Arbeit verbunden. Der Inhalt...