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Throughout the world there are more than 50,000,000 young people between the ages of 17 and 21 pursuing tertiary education. They are the new champions in their society, perhaps at times vociferous in their discontent, and looked upon with ambivalent feelings of anxiety or envy by their elders, but certainly they represent a most precious investment for they are the privileged twentieth-century ‘apprentices’ who will become the managers, administrators, professionals and teachers of the future. They are the new class of the ‘classless society’ for they are educationally and intellectually the élite.
‘Higher education (academic, professional, technological and artistic) is provided in institutions such as universities and colleges for which (a) the basic requirement is completion of secondary education, (b) the usual entrance age is 18 and (c) the course leads to the giving of a named award.’ — definition by UNESCO World Survey of Education
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Gunn, A.D.G. (1970). The Numbers. In: The Privileged Adolescent. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6112-1_2
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