据每日电讯报道,近五分之一的大学及大学以上学历的学校开始计划自主举行入学考试,选择最好的学生。这究竟是怎么回事呢,让我们来看看下面的雅思阅读材料。
The Daily Telegraph has learnt that as many as one-in-five universities and higher education colleges are staging their own entrance exams to pick out the best candidates.
In many cases, students are being asked to sit aptitude tests to get into the most sought-after institutions.
The disclosure will fuel fears that universities are struggling to identify the most able applicants from a huge rise in school-leavers with straight As at A-level.
But other institutions are also staging more basic literacy and numeracy exams just to make sure teenagers have a decent grasp of the three-Rs before starting a degree.
It comes as record numbers of students chase higher education places next year.
According to the latest figures, an unprecedented 181,814 candidates completed applications by the end of November a rise of almost 12 per cent compared with the same point last year.
If the trend continues into 2011, almost 240,000 applicants could be left without places.
The scramble comes as students attempt to get into university before a sharp rise in tuition fees in 2012.
Prof Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research at Buckingham University, said growing numbers of admissions tutors no longer trusted A-level results.
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