2013 SHOWS BETTER PROSPECTS FOR ENROLLERS

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2012 witnessed a more rigid clearing round potentially concentrating on budding students. Besides, it was found that record high applicants were actually able to achieve placements. Reports show that this year’s prospects are not less either.

It has been found that more than around 55700 candidates were able to gain their college or university position through clearing; while, 1329 students could gain their placement through adjustment. This prospective route is especially meant for potential candidates who strive for positions in more challenging scenarios. The adjustment number doubled that of 2011’s results.

UCAS’s relationship and management director, Andrea Robertson has said that several applicants came out with a smile because they were able to find a position in universities and colleges desired by them. 2012 was one of the luckiest years for aspirants. 

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However the situation turned much challenging for the academic institutions. Earlier enrollment seats were limited. Since last year, placement applications came rolling in millions; especially for students applying for the AAB positions, which were unlimited. With most institutions barring applicants and also with the fall of grades like A and A+, a good number of universities and colleges were struggling to get a position in the Clearing. Meanwhile, the struggle made way for prestigious educational institutions. Several colleges and universities had made it to the Clearing list.

Furthermore it has also been found out that last year experienced a sharp hike in college and university fees. They had already paid a massive £9000 for tuition charges. The fee hike spurned a large number of enrollments. Thus, the total number of students slashed down by 46000 from 2011-2012. This however revealed that students took greater time to decide on whether or whether not to enroll into a college or university course.

Cathy Gilbert, the Birmingham University’s external relations director assumes that 2013 is going to be as competitive as the previous years. She has even asserted that placements in highly reputed universities would only contribute to the possibilities of receiving better grades.

Even this year, the fees will tend to remain high thus posing a threat for students. However there might be a slight alteration in the enrollment since universities are going to act leniently with students achieving ABB. Robertson says that there are positions left for aspirants who are ready to relocate.

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Today, there are vacancies available on medicines and several other related disciplines. While some vacancies will be filled up soon, others are going to be advertised by the month of September, this year. It is believed that applicants have to struggle to get a desirable position. However, students have to remember one thing that universities are equally interested in offering them vacancies as much as students are interested to fill the positions. The reports clearly show that distance learning has become one of the most sought after academic approaches making a mark in today’s word. Students are repeatedly seeking distance learning to comply with the much demanding employment scenario. Employers are highly considering candidates with specialized degrees; hence students are readily seeking courses online to achieve competence in various areas of specialization. 

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Obama’s Newest Funding Proposition Not Agreed to by All

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People are thinking otherwise as President Obama speaks about introducing the newest academic reform idea which is said to cut it low on educational costs. His idea is to help several families financially so that budding students can achieve academic success through cost-effective educational programmes. While giving his statement, Obama has included that his administration is all set to come up with a system that will rate universities and colleges in order to determine whether a particular institution can be linked with federal student aid or not. He said that the administration’s initiative is all likely to become effective from the year 2018. 

However, questions pertaining to the same are doing rounds everywhere across the United States of America. Like for example the Catholic University’s president, John Garvey has said that when Nick Anderson, his colleague has asked other university presidents about what they feel regarding Obama’s plan he received mixed answers. Furthermore, Anderson has said that Obama’s new plan will hardly make it big since no one is too sure whether the plan will work or not. In fact he has clearly said that the federal government’s intervention into the academic field and that too its attempts to link federal aids with colleges and universities will least likely impress people. 

In fact Anderson personally feels that the entire proposition may turn out disastrous because it is not quite a good idea to have the government involved in intellectual matters. The different points that are most likely to be considered during a rating scheme are discussed below: 

·         The average number of pupils getting Pell grants

·         Transfer rates

·         Graduation rates

·         Average scholarship, tuition and loan debts

·         The amount graduates are deemed to earn after completing education

·         Advanced degrees earned by college graduates 

 Furthermore researches have been conducted on various aspects, after evaluating which, most academicians have come to the conclusion that: 

1.       The huge number of transfer rates is because of the learning environment of the school in which students are enrolling. After studying for some time pupils are discovering that the learning environment is not suitable for them. They are thus transferring to other schools where they think that the academic environment is better.


2.       Despite knowing that public subsidies determine the tutoring facilities offered by a public school, the Government has cut the funding to a great extent; thus letting these schools suffer. The point is whether it is right to evaluate a school through metrics which have been affected by the legislature.  
 

3.        Even determining the graduation rates has become tougher. The real problem lies with the fact that graduation rates are mostly calculated on first-time and full time basis. So, students who have changed schools or those who look for a fresh enrolment are hardly considered in the list.
 

White House’s fact sheet focuses on upcoming ratings. According to this fact sheet colleges are compared to similar institutions. Alongside this, the fact sheet also considers colleges that provide efforts to help students hailing from weak financial status; and also academic institutions that are showing remarkable performances. It is believed that the government’s interference in cutting academic costs by rating colleges is surely not going to help student or institutions. 

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