In other words, you need guaranteed-issue (anyone who applies can get insurance) and community rating (prices will be the same for everyone, subject to a few broad qualifications, like age and whether or not you smoke).
It suggests that one cannot estimate the (low) returns to overeducation correctly unless the data are split into broad qualifications groups.
It calls for a broader qualification that would give more teenagers the chance to pursue science and maths as part of a wider course of study.
It is too broad a qualification to be attractive to science students, and is also really only suitable for the most able.The most prestigious universities have already started demanding that candidates for wildly popular courses, like law and medicine, take special entrance exams.
The IB is considered to be a broader, more enriching qualification by many teachers and higher education institutions.
It could change your life" To accommodate the broad range of qualifications that university applicants may have, Ucas uses a points-based system to help admissions tutors compare students.
Yesterday Ucas announced that the IB would be included for the first time in its tariffs, a points system that establishes agreed equivalences between a broad range of qualifications including BTecs, Scottish standard grades and the Irish leaving certificate.
When the official regulation was evaluated, it was pointed out, by Borghans and Heijke (2004) in particular, that there was a risk that this link could be an obstacle to the creation of an adequate supply of education programmes that provide broad and lasting qualifications for occupational life.
The university says that this "diversity within diversity" strategy produces the sort of "broad array of qualifications and characteristics" that contributes to a truly diverse learning environment.
The A-level system should be scrapped and replaced by a broader, baccalaureate style of qualification, a major report has recommended.
