Higher Education Debate moves on from access to success
Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 16 Mar, 2009Spotted in the University World News: -
" Since the end of apartheid, access to universities for poor students in South Africa has grown phenomenally. Enrolment of (mostly disadvantaged) African and mixed-race students rose by 268% in the decade to 2006. But in the face of low pass rates the debate has moved on from access to success, and government is considering extending three-year degrees to four years to include the foundational learning many under-prepared students need."