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The corporations insist that US students are now too dumb for STEM, but there are as many good students as ever.
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"Sadly many good students are simply not getting the right advice and guidance on which advanced-level subjects will qualify them for their chosen course, " said Dr Piatt.
BBC: 'Unfair' university admissions claim
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He grew up in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of an elementary-school teacher and a math professor, went to nearby Fairfield University, and, like many good students, decided that he would go into medicine.
NEWYORKER: The Checklist
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The most recent data on GCSEs in England, published in January, showed that pupils from a black background remain the lowest performing group in terms of how many students get five good GCSEs including maths and English.
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There are nearly two hundred thousand students, a good many more than there were when Zawahiri and Fadl studied there.
NEWYORKER: The Rebellion Within
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Two decades ago its students got about half as many good GCSEs as the national average.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot
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Evan says many former Columbine students have told him they wish a good guy had had a gun that day inside the school.
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After setting a release date of Friday, March 29, Paramount moved up the movie's debut to Thursday, because many students were out of school, ahead of Good Friday.
WSJ: Hollywood Stretches Out Movie 'Openings'
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Many aren't convinced, however, the trend is good for students, and the latest announcement comes as the sheer speed of the MOOC movement is raising concerns on campus.
WSJ: Higher ed systems in 10 states turn to Coursera
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It suggested that many students are left struggling with degree courses because they lack a good understanding of maths, with sixth-formers simply taught to pass exams at A-level.
BBC: Cambridge tutors to school A-level physics students
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The group, which includes many top universities, says changes to the funding system in England have meant students who wanted to go to a good university and had the right grades have not been able to.
BBC: Russell Group universities have student places