"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.
There is not enough good or outstanding teaching to overcome students' past underachievement.
To counter the glut of 2:1s, Mr Thomas recommends sub-dividing that class of degree even further, to recognise the "very good but not quite first-class" students.
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Not good news for its U.S. students, which comprise 35% of the student population, as the dollar has fallen sharply against the euro in the past year.
Simply put, it is not terribly good preparation for real life to teach students that they will be protected, by timid and risk-averse administrators, from hearing disturbing speech.
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The Fame Academy preferred their students to be all-round performers, not merely good-looking kids capable of excelling at karaoke.
"Parents and students are paying exorbitantly and they are still not getting good services, " says Bryan A. Liang, M.
Tony Blair should look and see the number of students who go to university and then do not get a good job afterwards.
Prominent professors with popular blogs are good publicity, and distance in academia is not dead: the best students will still seek proximity to the best minds.
The authors say that rather than making the qualification compulsory the challenge is to provide a "clear and attractive alternative" for students who achieve good grades in GCSE maths but do not currently go on to study AS or A-level mathematics.
It has not commented on this particular case but argues in general that its plans provide good support for poorer students.
The students already know their exam results although they do not yet know if these are good enough to get into their chosen university or college.
The mismatch between the skills demanded by employers and those available in the market is a reflection both of bad choices by students, who have not thought hard enough about what will help them find a good job, and of education systems that are too often indifferent to the needs of the labour market and too slow to change even if they try.
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Other students say that while the principal may have had good intentions, the ends did not justify the means.
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.
Not surprisingly, both students and parents are willing to sacrifice academic achievement and growth to get into a good college.
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