首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The near-trebling of university tuition fees has deterred working-class boys from studying for degrees, but had the opposite eff
The near-trebling of university tuition fees has deterred working-class boys from studying for degrees, but had the opposite eff
admin
2015-04-29
59
问题
The near-trebling of university tuition fees has deterred working-class boys from studying for degrees, but had the opposite effect on working-class girls, an analysis has found.
The Independent Commission on Fees—a panel of high-profile figures from business, academia, journalism and the charity sector—looked at the socio-economic backgrounds of hundreds of thousands of 18—and 19-year-olds who took up university places last September, then compared them with those who began in September 2010.
They found the proportion of men from deprived backgrounds who accepted places on degree courses fell by 1.4% between 2010 and 2012. Meanwhile, the proportion of women from the same backgrounds who accepted places rose by 0.9% in the same period.
They conclude that the rise in tuition fees last September—from £ 3,290 to up to £ 9,000 a year—is putting off significantly more men than women and creating a "worrying gender gap".
The Commission defined applicants as coming from a deprived background if they came from an area that was among the 40% most under-privileged in England.
The most recent statistics show the majority—55% —of the undergraduate population at UK universities is female, a trend that has been growing over the past few years. Women are now a third more likely to enter higher education than men.
Will Hutton, chair of the Independent Commission on Fees and the principal of Hertford College, Oxford University, said the "danger was that higher fees may be having a disproportionate impact on men, who are already under-represented at university". He urged the government, universities and schools to consider how to address the problem.
The Commission is concerned that the gender gap could grow and said it would be monitoring this.
In January this year, David Willetts, the universities minister, said campuses should be doing more to encourage applications from white working-class boys and they should be treated in a similar way to other under-represented groups.
The Commission’s analysis also found students from the richest fifth of neighbourhoods in England were ten times more likely to go to top universities than those from the poorest fifth of neighbourhoods.
Meanwhile, as a sign of things to come, two universities are merging this month to become one of the biggest higher education institutions in the country.
The University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales, Newport will join to form the University of South Wales. The new university will have 33,584 students.
Professor Julie Lydon, vice-chancellor of Glamorgan, said the merger was partly the result of an unpredictable environment for higher education. "There is no doubt that how you survive(as a university)is either by becoming a boutique institution or a large and general one and we have chosen the latter," she said.
The Commission defined university applicants as from deprived backgrounds by______.
选项
A、how much annual income their parents earn
B、which regions they come from
C、whether they come from broken families
D、their academic performance in high school
答案
B
解析
细节题。根据第五段,独立费用委员会界定弱势学生的标准是该生来自全英贫困地区中程度最重的40%的某地区,故[B]为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/d4HK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
NobigdevelopedcountryhascomeoutoftheglobalrecessionlookingstrongerthanGermanyhas.Theeconomyminister,RainerBr
InaChineseuniversityorcollege,astudentissometimesobligedtosharearoomwithoneormoreroom-mates.Brieflydiscuss
IfyouhavereallybeenstudyingEnglishforsolong,it’sabouttimeyou__abletowritelettersinEnglish.
Whenmanypeoplediscussschools"goodorbad",whataretheytalkingabout?
TheTransactionoftheMentalHealthyQuestionofUniversityStudentLet’sbefrank:collegecanbetough.Accordingtoa20
Thesteadyhumofschoolheatingsystemsandair-conditionerscanmeanlowertestscoresformanyyoungstudents,foundanewst
Thesteadyhumofschoolheatingsystemsandair-conditionerscanmeanlowertestscoresformanyyoungstudents,foundanewst
Accordingtothespeaker,whydon’tstudentslikestudyinghistory?
随机试题
肝功能严重受损时,下列哪些是引起出血的原因()
评价某地区恶性肿瘤对人民健康的危害程度,最适当的指标是评价某种新疗法对急性心机梗死的疗效,最恰当的指标是
患者,男,53岁,诊断为“大量心包积液”,给予安置心包引流管,对该患者的护理措施,错误的是
洞门墙应根据实际需要设置泄水孔和()。
甲公司月末编制的试算平衡表中,全部账户的本月借方发生额合计为136万元,除实收资本账户以外的本月贷方发生额合计为120万元,则实收资本账户()。
“在社会发展过程中,人民是历史的‘剧中人’,英雄人物是历史的‘剧作者’。”这个观点是()。
音乐:
事物内部包含肯定方面和否定方面,否定方面指()。
毛泽东曾经说过“青年到农村去,那里有广阔天地。一定可以大有可为”,习近平总书记说农村基层的工作经历是人生的一个坐标,有了这个经历,就更清楚地知道什么是群众、如何尊重群众,知道什么叫实事求是、如何尊重事实.对此谈谈你的感想。
Healthfoodisageneraltermappliedtoallkindsoffoodsthatareconsideredmorehealthfulthanthetypesoffoodswidelyso
最新回复
(
0
)