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Direct linkRachel Louise Stenhouse; Nicola Ingram – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2024
In this article we make an argument for the importance of embodied cultural capital in the generation of class advantage through private school students' access to Oxbridge. Private schools in England continue to reproduce advantage (Variyan 2019), however, establishing exactly how students are advantaged through private schooling is not…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Advantaged, Social Class, Private Schools
Marrin, M. L.; McIntosh, K. A.; Keane, D.; Schmuck, M. L. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2004
The Undergraduate Medical Programme at McMaster University selects students using a comprehensive set of tools. Attempts to modify the selection process over many years have been impeded by an inability to reconcile very strongly held views among stakeholders as to the importance of the selection tools and, indeed, the very purposes of the…
Descriptors: Validity, Admission Criteria, College Admission, Medical Education
Peer reviewedMalvern, D. D. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1991
The process used to select candidates for teacher training at a university department of education in the United Kingdom is described. Selection criteria, interview techniques, and essay requirements are reviewed for applicants for the training program. Tutors make assessments of candidates' personality during interviews, and these assessments…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Applicants, Competitive Selection, Departments
