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Who shall go to university?

By clapping student quotas on British universities, the British Government hopes to save money. It could save as much, and make a more liberal system, if it encouraged a market in higher education.

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Who shall go to university?. Nature 308, 761–762 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/308761a0

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