Paper Academic Writing
5 december 2012 Universiteit van Amsterdam
Merijn Rengers 2012/2013
Academic Writing Semester 1, block 2
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Leanne Hogenhout 6076645
§1. Introduction
The last decade the number of students rise spectacularly, from less than 3000 to over 240.000 in 2010/2011. Especially after World War II the number of students rise quickly, because of the large number of baby boomers in de sixties. The accesability of university education was expanded and the number of different studies grow (Apperloo & Van der Bie, 2011, p. 10).
In this paper, I will show different reasons why there is an increase in students. The central question therefore would be: what are the developments/reaseons in education that caused an increase in students?
Increase in WO students
In the academic year 1900 / '01 had university education (WO) less than three thousand students, mostly men, with a population of over five million. In 2010 / '11 stood in the wo 242,000 students enrolled in a population of over
16.5 million. In 110 years, the number of university students almost 86 times as large become
Yearbook Education in figures 2011 11 while the total population but more than three times as big. The number of students in
We took it to the Second World War gradually slightly. In 1926 / '27, the number of 10,000 university students reached in 1945 / '46, the number for the first time above
20 thousand. The mobilization for the First World War caused a slight decrease in 1914 / '15, while the number of students which declined during the economic crisis of the thirties.
The growth in the first half of the 20th century was the result of the development of
Netherlands from an agricultural economy to an industrial and commercial economy and a increasing prosperity. The accessibility of university education was partly fostered since 1917 also HBS-B graduates and from 1924 HBS-a-one graduates university could follow. Before this was only reserved for grammar
Merijn Rengers 2012/2013
Academic Writing Semester 1, block 2
……
Leanne Hogenhout 6076645
§1. Introduction
The last decade the number of students rise spectacularly, from less than 3000 to over 240.000 in 2010/2011. Especially after World War II the number of students rise quickly, because of the large number of baby boomers in de sixties. The accesability of university education was expanded and the number of different studies grow (Apperloo & Van der Bie, 2011, p. 10).
In this paper, I will show different reasons why there is an increase in students. The central question therefore would be: what are the developments/reaseons in education that caused an increase in students?
Increase in WO students
In the academic year 1900 / '01 had university education (WO) less than three thousand students, mostly men, with a population of over five million. In 2010 / '11 stood in the wo 242,000 students enrolled in a population of over
16.5 million. In 110 years, the number of university students almost 86 times as large become
Yearbook Education in figures 2011 11 while the total population but more than three times as big. The number of students in
We took it to the Second World War gradually slightly. In 1926 / '27, the number of 10,000 university students reached in 1945 / '46, the number for the first time above
20 thousand. The mobilization for the First World War caused a slight decrease in 1914 / '15, while the number of students which declined during the economic crisis of the thirties.
The growth in the first half of the 20th century was the result of the development of
Netherlands from an agricultural economy to an industrial and commercial economy and a increasing prosperity. The accessibility of university education was partly fostered since 1917 also HBS-B graduates and from 1924 HBS-a-one graduates university could follow. Before this was only reserved for grammar