Tilburg University: Public Administration continues selection

For the moment, the University of Leiden will not hold an entry exam for students. According to the university, the results of an experiment show that it is not useful to select only the best secondary school students. Tilburg University is not allowing itself to be put off by this conclusion. The University of Leiden was one of the Dutch universities and institutions of higher professional education, selected by Minister for Education Mark Rutte, to experiment with entry selection. The Tilburg School of Politics and Public Administration is also participating in this experiment. But not one university tackled the experiment as broadly as did Leiden. Last year, there were test exams for the study programmes in French, German, Italian, history, and law. Students weren't actually refused, but the results of students with a high average were compared with the study performances of students whose average scores were lower. It appeared that students with a higher average score did achieve good results; but so did the students with a low average. As a result of having an entry exam selection, many students would wrongly be rejected. An additional motivation test proved too easy to manipulate. Eurogates. Forum of education news