Speaking at a conference in London on Monday, he said the overall number of poor pupils admitted into higher education had increased by a third over the last decade but insisted numbers had failed to rise at the most prestigious institutions.
Data published earlier this year by the Higher Education Statistics Agency revealed that more than half of top universities recruited fewer pupils from the very poorest families in 2010/11. Two-thirds of institutions belonging to the elite Russell Group also recruited proportionally fewer state school students.
St Andrews, whose alumni include the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, has faced fierce criticism in Scotland for admitting only 14 children from the poorest backgrounds last year.
英国一家最具声望的高校提醒称,强迫大学接受越来越多的贫困学生入学会让大学最终“失败”。
位于苏格兰的圣安德鲁斯大学表示,降低入学难度,从而使学生群体在社会化方面更加平衡,这样做是“完全不诚实的”。这是这所大学首次对此予以反驳。
该校表示,工薪阶层的孩子能进入顶尖大学的机会少,主要是因为孩子的养育和学校教育问题。
圣安德鲁斯大学的副校长史蒂芬-麦基负责该校的招生问题。他说,政治人士不能继续“把各阶层的学生入学差距加大的问题仅仅归咎于学校招生。”
英国有关政策规定高校要增加来自穷困家庭的学生人数,这是来自单个大学对此政策的最强有力的批评。
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