The report urged institutions to communicate repeatedly during the academic year the necessity for student bodies to meet equality and diversity policies.

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They called for all Catholic trustees to endorse a phased transition away from the use of academic selection and for all boards of governors of Catholic Schools to engage with each other during the coming academic year to discuss how to move to "high quality non-selective arrangements within their area".

BBC: Catholic bishops in call over academic selection

Apparently this is scaring off at least some potential applicants: the number of people taking the Law School Admissions Test declined by 9.6% during the 2010-2011 academic year, to 155, 050, from 171, 500 in the previous year, according to the Law School Admission Council.

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Roughly 9.3 million students signed up for one during the 2010-11 academic year, according to FinAid.org.

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During the past year Mr Teare has raised the academic qualifications needed for applications for degree funding.

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During the 2007-2008 academic year, Mr. Noll had a freshman basketball player in his American history class named Jai Lucas the son of John Lucas, a Hershberger Award winner.

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But one of the points I did not make in the original article is that many, if not most internships take place during the school year, and are awarded academic credit.

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Problems included the resistance among parents for a single secondary school for Thetford, a change in sponsor and "a large number of staff" leaving at the end of its first academic year and during 2012.

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