Word: oxford
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...enormous here," said Beth A. Schonmuller '01, who is currently completing a semester at Oxford. "It's all over all the papers and everyone is talking about...
Much of the controversy stems from Oxford's reputed preference for applicants from privileged backgrounds over those who had attended state schools...
Gordon Brown, British chancellor of the exchequer and second to Prime Minister Tony Blair has called Oxford's decision to reject Spence "an absolute scandal...
...Chronicle of Higher Education reported this week that Spence was ranked 11 out of 23 candidates applying to study medicine at Oxford's Magdalen College, and only five positions were available...
...Oxford has responded to the controversy by releasing statistics showing that middle-class students are proportionally represented at the school...