Posted on 02/14/2019 9:19:01 PM PST by blueplum
More than half of universities in England have fewer than 5% of white working-class students in their intakes, according to researchers. A report from the National Education Opportunity Network (Neon) found that white youngsters in receipt of free school meals were the least likely of any group to study at university after those from Traveller backgrounds. (snip) Of the higher education providers who responded to a survey by Neon, fewer than 40% were doing outreach work specifically with white males and fewer than 12% with white females from low-participation backgrounds. (snip) Education secretary Damian Hinds said: “Whilst it’s right that we celebrate the record rates of 18-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university, there is clearly more to do to make sure everyone who has the talent and potential can thrive in higher education. “White British disadvantaged boys are the least likely of any large ethnic group to go to university. We need to ask ourselves why that is and,,,
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White students of any economic level do zero to help with the University’s most urgent mission, which is to “increase diversity.”
Are they going to start some new program to help “poor white students” get into college? On top of student loans, financial aid, etc.?
“White British”
I wasn’t aware there was any other kind.
By missing out on a university education they will avoid three years of brain-washing. They may perhaps even join the EDL (English Defence league). Perhaps that is what concerns the Guardianistas most?
This is because leftists hate white people and want to destroy the race. Diversity is just a dog whistle for being anti-white.
JoMa
Yup. See 6.
When we were trying to find scholarships for our kids, it was glaringly obvious the vast majority were only for black and hispanic kids. Whitey need not apply.
I was lucky enough to be brought up in the final generation of working class families that wete helped and given a chance to improve our lot (born in 63).I firmly believe the middle classes shafted the working man.
That is a really sad picture. Leftists want to kill the white race.
JoMa
Kind of a circular argument in the US, more than in the UK. Because of we have a decent meritocracy, the smart poor are able to rise through life and not be poor. Then, their children are not children of the poor, as they originally had been. Thus, if we continue to be a meritocracy with this dynamic at work over time, over time there will be fewer and fewer college-material students coming from among the poor in our ranks.
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