UK: Working-class white boys shun higher education, new report confirms

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2008-06-25 18:49

Article here. Excerpt:

"White working-class males are severely under-represented in universities, according to a report by the government that shows the English university sector remains strongly divided along class lines.

The National Audit Office (NAO) report says that white working-class boys are now the least likely group of people to go to university. The Russell group of research-led institutions - including Oxford and Cambridge - are most consistently failing to attract state school students.

Universities and the government have failed to monitor properly the impact of a £392m drive to encourage them to apply, the report claims."

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White? Working class? Male? But these are the very non-persons the glorious Labour government have been deliberately hammering for years. Sounds like their policies are working a treat. Want a prediction? Nothing will change for the forseeable future.

Civilisation: man's greatest, and most unappreciated, gift to women

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Submitted by PaulP on Thu, 2008-06-26 16:37