M, entitled Online Tutoring: A New Retention and Remediation Solution, found that while the numberofstudents enrolling in undergraduate degree programs has increased 34 percent from 2000 to 2009, the numberof those students who are unprepared for college has increased proportionately.
The numberof postgraduate research students is expected to rise under the plan but the question of whether undergraduate numbers should be cut is said to be left open.
The big increase will be in the numberof MSc in Management programmes, which usually admit students straight from their undergraduate studies, rather than at the MBA level, the latter being designed for those with several years' business experience.