Determining demand for university education in Ontario by type of student

Mueller, Richard E.; Rockerbie, Duane W.

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.09.002

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“…Very similar findings emerge in subsequent US studies (Bednowitz, 2000;Meredith, 2004). Consistent with the interpretation that a falling rank compels institutions to be less selective on account of reduced demand, Sauder and Lancaster (2006) show that US law schools with higher ranks receive more applications, while Mueller and Rockerbie (2005) provide similar findings for universities in Ontario,Canada. 2 Three further insights emerge from the North American literature.…”

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“…One is that the impact of rankings is most pronounced amongst the top-tier of highly ranked institutions with their influence dwindling, or even disappearing altogether, for lower tiers (Griffith and Rask, 2007;Sauder and Lancaster, 2006). Second, the influence of rankings may vary with individual characteristics, such as race (Bowman and Bastedo, 2009), gender (Mueller and Rockerbie, 2005) and fee-paying status (Griffith and Rask, 2007). A third insight is that the influence of information contained in league tables depends on its salience.…”

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Student satisfaction, league tables and university applications: Evidence from Britain

Gibbons

Neumayer

Perkins

2015

Economics of Education Review

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We investigate the impact of information about student satisfaction on university choice, using data from the UK's National Student Survey (NSS) and on applications to undergraduate degrees.We show that NSS scores have a small statistically significant effect on applications at the universitysubject level. This effect operates via the influence of the NSS on a university's position in separately published, subject-specific league tables, suggesting that information contained in the league table rankings is more salient. The impact of rankings is greater for more able students, for universities with entry standards in the upper-middle tier, and for subject-departments facing more competition.

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Student satisfaction, league tables and university applications: Evidence from Britain

Gibbons

Neumayer

Perkins

2015

Economics of Education Review

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“…First, it analyses tuition fee systems in the various regions of a single country, a key feature of HE policy in decentralized (or federal) countries since differences in credit prices may infl uence student mobility between regions (see Bruckmeier & Wigger (2013) and Dwenger et al (2012) for the German case, and Mueller & Rockerbie (2005) for Canada). Second, it applies an analytical methodology, namely, σ-and γ-convergence analyses, which is quite unusual in studies of HE.…”

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Tuition Fees in Spanish Public Universities: A Regional Convergence Analysis

Ferrá

Perez-Esparrels

García

et al. 2017

Estudios sobre Educación

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“…The influence of rankings on university choice, is explicitly studied by Monks and Ehrenberg (1999), Mueller and Rockerbie (2005) and Griffith and Rask (2007). Monks and Ehrenberg (1999) study the influence of the U.S. News & World Report rankings on admission at selective private institutions.…”

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“…Ehrenberg and Sherman;McPherson and Schapiro;Moore et al;Avery and Hoxby; and non-monetary factors (e.g. Toutkoushian;2001;Mueller and Rockerbie;2005;Griffith and Rask;2007;Berkowitz and Hoekstra; on the matriculation (or application) decision. For the U.S., Weiler (1996) analyzes monetary and non-monetary factors influencing the matriculation decision of high-ability students and shows that attendance costs as well as non-monetary characteristics, such as university quality and reputation, are significant factors.…”

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University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students

Horstschräer

2012

Economics of Education Review

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Die Dis cus si on Pape rs die nen einer mög lichst schnel len Ver brei tung von neue ren For schungs arbei ten des ZEW. Die Bei trä ge lie gen in allei ni ger Ver ant wor tung der Auto ren und stel len nicht not wen di ger wei se die Mei nung des ZEW dar.Dis cus si on Papers are inten ded to make results of ZEW research prompt ly avai la ble to other eco no mists in order to encou ra ge dis cus si on and sug gesti ons for revi si ons. The aut hors are sole ly respon si ble for the con tents which do not neces sa ri ly repre sent the opi ni on of the ZEW.Download this ZEW Discussion Paper from our ftp server:http://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/dp/dp11061.pdf Non-Technical SummaryEvery year, secondary school graduates have to choose a university. This is a crucial decision for their future trajectories made under imperfect information. Therefore, quality indicators like university rankings and an excellence competition may provide valuable information for choosing a university.This paper analyzes whether prospective students in fact use quality indicators as a source of information within the application process and whether the influence of the indicators differs with respect to various quality dimensions -e.g. research quality, mentoring, faculty infrastructure, student assessment and excellence status. Therefore, I estimate the effect of different quality indicators from a German university ranking and an excellence initiative run by the German government on the university application decision of high-ability students. As identification relies on the variation in ranking indicators and excellence status over time, I can disentangle the effect of the additional information provided by the rankings from the common knowledge regarding university quality.This paper contributes to the existing literature by studying the influence of ranking indicators with respect to various quality dimensions, while at the same time controlling for overall university attractiveness. I use a very comprehensive, administrative data set provided by the German central agency ('ZVS') administering the application process for medical schools. The data set contains individual information on all applicants at German medical schools for the years 2002-2008.The evaluation of the excellence initiative shows that in the course of the competition the share of applicants increased on average by 19 % at the winning universities, which are today known as "excellence universities". The results regarding the different ranking indicators suggest that the non-research dimensions "student-professor ratio", the number of "clinic beds", and the "students' satisfaction" rather than the research-related indicators influence university choice of high-ability students. This may seem counterintuitive, but is plausible as research quality seems to be common knowledge within the group of high-ability students. In this case, the research related ranking indicators do not provide any additional information. Hence, university rankings are in action if they add new infor...

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Determining demand for university education in Ontario by type of student

Cited by 36 publications

References 13 publications

Student satisfaction, league tables and university applications: Evidence from Britain

Student satisfaction, league tables and university applications: Evidence from Britain

Tuition Fees in Spanish Public Universities: A Regional Convergence Analysis

University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students

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