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University leaders said many of the brightest teenagers would be forced straight onto the “dole queue” after demand for courses soared by almost a quarter. The rise – double that predicted by vice-chancellors in recent weeks – comes despite savage cuts to university budgets and a freeze in the number of available places. It is also being driven by increased demand from students reapplying after being rejected last year and a ...
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o Hundreds of thousands could miss out on a place o Graduates face 'double whammy' in jobs market More than 200,000 would-be students are likely to be left without a place at a UK university this year as undergraduate applications reach record levels for the fourth year running. Applications are almost a fifth up on last year, according to the latest figures from the university admissions service, Ucas. So far, more than 570,000 ...
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Now that most of this year’s pomp and circumstance, cap-tossing, and graduation parties are in the memory banks, the reality of paying for college or graduate school is setting in. According to FinAid, two-thirds of college students borrow to pay for school – with an average loan debt of nearly $20,000. Ten percent of parents borrow for their students’ education, borrowing an average of $16,218. And those figures account only for ...
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More than 300,000 university hopefuls face rejection this year after a dramatic rise in the number of applicants. New figures released yesterday showed that as many as four in ten people who apply will lose out after a 23 per cent surge in applications. Nearly 800,000 students will compete for fewer than 500,000 places as demand for university soars to its highest ever level. But universities have been barred from creating ...
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Teacher Claims He Was Fired After Complaining Muslim Pupils Called 9/11 Hijackers 'Heroes' Monday, February 08, 2010 Print A British teacher was fired from his job after complaining that some of his Muslim students were celebrating the Sept. 11 hijackers as "heroes," the Daily Mail reported. Nicholas Kafouris, 40, who taught at East London's Bigland Green Primary School for 12 years, is suing the school for racial discrimination after ...
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The problem of the "achievement gap" in public education is the most vexing problem on the agenda today. Many people look at this gap -- in grades and test scores between people of different races and family incomes -- as a mysterious and intractable problem with no discernable solution. I disagree. In reality, the gap is something that is constructed and reproduced year after year -- by the conscious and unconscious actions of many people. ...
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