1. The British Universities.
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UNIVERSITY & college admission , *GRADUATE education , *COLLEGE applications , *UNIVERSITY & college entrance requirements , *PUBLIC schools , *ENDOWED public schools (Great Britain) , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
Summarizes a report by the heads of Universities of Great Britain on the qualifications and social background of their new students. View that one out of every 25 children reaching the age of 18 applies for admission to a university; Rate of selection and rejection; Reasons for rejection; Revelation that about one-quarter of the best brains in Great Britain are lost to the universities somewhere between the ages of 11 and 18; Account of reasons behind this loss.
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- 1957