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undermatching: a standalone construct

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Higher education

enrolling in a college less selective than one's academic credentials would allow.

In higher education, undermatching refers to enrolling in a college less selective than one's academic credentials would allow. This meaning comes from Smith (2013) in Economics of Education Review.[1]

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Smith, J., Pender, M., & Howell, J. (2013). The full extent of student-college academic undermatch. Economics of Education Review, 32, 247-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.11.001

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