Why is allocating classes to students in universities a task that is challenging? How difficult is it for institutions to reach a balance between the pupils' preferences over lessons and what they can make available given the feasibility and other constraints?
What are the relative pros and cons of allocation mechanisms like class auctions, rank-order random serial dictatorship and lists used by academic administrators? Can universities design better systems that are more rational, simpler and cannot be gamed yet put pupils in courses they want? This case attempts to answer these questions by mostly analyzing the class allocation problem as a two-sided matching issue.
The Course Allocation Problem case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: October 07, 2013 PRODUCT #: ISB033-PDF-ENG
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