Surely a simpler and cheaper way to balance intakes would be to reform the admissions system, starting with the abolition of all selection by ability and aptitude.
Perhaps it gels, but it also seems to be consistent with a story about innate differences in ability and aptitude that the market gradually uncovers and values.
"Law enforcement has an ability and aptitude to consistently leak information," said Dan Klores, a public relations executive who has given advice to celebrities involved in legal matters.
In spite of her misguided accusations of an "Orwellian persecution of excellence", Ebdon's defence of the use of contextual data in admissions is quite clearly not evidence of his support for social engineering, but rather an acknowledgment that exam results in certain subjects alone paint a rather limited picture of a candidate's ability and aptitude.
The duty of parents is made very clear in the 1996 Education Act: to ensure a child has "full-time education suitable to his [sic] age, ability and aptitude, and to any special educational needs he may have, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise".
The right to educate your children at home is enshrined in the words "or otherwise" in the 1996 Education Act, which states: "The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive efficient full-time education suitable; a) to his age, ability, and aptitude, and b) to any special educational needs he may have, by regular attendance at school or otherwise".
They hire for general ability and aptitude, rather than specialized domain and technical skills.
"To win the Tour de France is an immense feat of physical and mental ability and aptitude.
Findings indicate that the explicit instruction on summarizing strategy can effectively contribute to enhancing the ability and aptitude of ESP learners in comprehending reading and can help them build up a constructive attitude toward English reading in Iranian context.
Mr Milburn, who stood down as an MP at the last election, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "There's a series of barriers that, maybe inadvertently, the professions put in the way of those with ability and aptitude from a variety of backgrounds getting even the first foot on the ladder into the professions.
In the U.S., we tend to consider ability and aptitude as the primary indicators of merit.
