The pattern of movement post-graduation was different for funded compared to self-funded fulltime students; 18% of the funded students compared to 67% of the self-funded students had migrated to other African countries.
As a result, Sea Grant funded students tend to be very well-rounded and aware of the implications of their work within multiple realms, including the scientific community as well as the coastal communities".
The NAO findings highlighted that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) lacked basic powers to monitor publicly funded students' attendance and their progress, even as it relaxed the purse strings to fund private sector growth.
This article was amended on Tuesday 27 January 2015 to this quote – "The split between funded students and the ultra-rich, who help to pay for the scholarships, sometimes means that students are admitted on a financial basis which has the potential to create tensions" – which was wrongly attributed to Ray Silkstone.
Yet the group, and its industry, still have the money -- most it from taxpayer-funded student aid to its schools -- to lobby, give campaign contributions to politicians, and hire lawyers to fight its biggest piece of Kryptonite: the Obama Administration's "gainful employment" rule.
"Even though the intended purpose was to widen access to higher education for students in England, 40% of the publicly funded students attending these colleges are EU students, compared to 6% in the rest of the higher education sector".
The split between funded students and the ultra-rich, who help to pay for the scholarships, sometimes means that students are admitted on a financial basis, which has the potential to create tensions.
Fearing the sector was growing out of control and creating a black hole in their budget, BIS stepped in to halt student recruitment last November, ordering 23 of the fastest-growing colleges, including LSST, to stop the recruitment of funded students until September 2014.
"And NSF encourages NSF-funded researchers and students to hold colleagues accountable to the standards and conditions set forth in Title IX, and to inform their institution of violations.
Tax-funded vouchers for students to go to private schools also are backed by many GOP gubernatorial and legislative candidates.
