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' Policy insights on UP admissions ' A few days ago, I had the chance to read the policy paper entitled “On the ‘income advantage’ in course choices and admissions: Evidence from the University of the Philippines”. It was published in the- more columns 👇

A few days ago, I had the chance to read the policy paper entitled “On the ‘income advantage’ in course choices and admissions: Evidence from the University of the Philippines”. It was published in the International Journal of Educational Development and was written by Dr. Sarah Lynne S. Daway-Ducanes of the UP School of Economics, Dr. Elena E. Pernia of the UP College of Mass Communication, and Vincent Jerald R. Ramos of the Hertie School of Governance.

I reached out to Dr. Daway-Ducanes, who is my first cousin, to provide a compressed version of their article. Here is their simplified version. In terms of admissions, applicants from the three topmost income groups comprised around 56-66 percent of those yearly admitted into UP, and around 59-64 percent of those yearly admitted into their first-choice cluster .

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