Alison Wolf, an educationalist at king's College London, has analysed the financial returns to education and concluded that many 16-year-olds who now leave education are making a rational choice.

伦敦大学国王学院的教育家艾利森•沃夫，经过分析教育的财务回报，总结认为，许多16岁辍学的青年正做着一个理智的选择。

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Alison Wolf a British economist terms this the "two aspirin good five aspirin better" approach to university finance.

英国经济学家艾莉森·沃尔夫称此为“两片阿斯匹林好，五片阿斯匹林更好”的大学财务政策。

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Professor Alison Wolf, who authored a government-commissioned review of vocational courses published earlier this year, said schools had been "under enormous pressure to pile up league table points".

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Alison Wolf, professor of management at King's College, University of London, warns that vocational education should not be viewed as a way of engaging students turned off by school.

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Professor Alison Wolf, author of the government's review into vocational education, said the only sensible approach is to get a "broad-based education" equipped with skills and qualifications that employers recognize.

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