"I know there are students who exit universities with standards of English that would not be acceptable to employers," says Elder. "It's a very shortsighted policy to accept those with sub-standard language proficiency and then simply pass them".
Fear of becoming pregnant; fear of the exit door to university clanging shut; fear of being hitched to the same man for 60 years because of a five-minute fumble followed by a shotgun marriage.
Did the introduction of an English exit requirement for university graduates lead to an increased level of English proficiency in the Taiwanese workforce?
Given the low proficiency levels required to pass the university exit requirement in most cases, this situation may lead to noticeable increases in overall English proficiency, but such a process would happen over the long term.
Eventually, the green paper imagines, we may even see some universities "exit" the market and be replaced by private providers.
Nearly two-thirds of Swarthmore's 1,500 students signed a petition last December calling on the university to exit coal, oil and gas holdings.
The Big East still remains in flux, however, because it plans to hold Pittsburgh, Syracuse and West Virginia to the minimum 27-month exit requirement, meaning each university would have to stay in the league until June 30 , 2014
Because of the lack of exit opportunities, pension funds, university endowments and other big institutional investors in the United States, Europe and Asia have taken a more cautious approach toward investing more money.
The price to be paid by the Catholic colleges will most likely be based on how much money they leave behind in pools of revenue that include exit fees from departing universities, entry fees from new members and cash earned for games played in the N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament.
And as the UK prepares to start the process of exiting the European Union, universities will be crucial in helping to build a post-Brexit future for the UK.
