Education chiefs buck convention with numbers talk [Independent.ie]
- Published: 29 April 2010
THE DCU president's blog is always worth a read, even if his latest entry arrives late at night or very early in the morning, as it did yesterday.
In one of these musings, Prof Ferdinand von Prondzynski asked the previously unthinkable -- are too many students going to college?
Even asking the question goes against conventional wisdom: Report after report state the need to upskill for the smart economy and government policies push more students into higher education at lower costs.
Thirty years ago, two out of 10 18-year-olds went to college. Now it's almost seven out of 10 and still the numbers grow. The total is to rocket from 155,000 at present to 270,000 in just 20 years.
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