Some 75% of professors think universities should select students according to ability and aptitude and two out of three favour scrapping student grants, Elsevier magazine reports on Thursday.

The figures are based on a survey of 2,027 professors.
Nearly all the professors polled (95%) think the Netherlands will go downhill academically if more money is not available for university education. And one in three think the introduction of the bachelor master degree system in the Netherlands was a flop.
The detailed results will be published in this week’s issue.