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[El_Johns]

141. Not per the actual UNESCO data.

p. 376: Gross Tertiary enrollment percent 2007 = 52%

p. 377: Of those, 64% are enrolled in the equivalent of a Bachelor's program, while 36% are enrolled in short-cycle tertiary ed (the equivalent of trade school, AA degrees and the like).

Which means that about 33% of those continuing from secondary school are enrolled in what we would call "university".

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001866/186606e.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Classification_of_Education

Which works out pretty well for the claim that 70% of those in university are from the top economic quintile.

Cite here:

http://books.google.com/books?id=YzbM9AzKL38C&pg=PA346&dq=venezuela+university+wealthiest+quintile&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i8wDU8WkD8eDogSX2IG4DQ&ved=0CEEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=venezuela%20university%20wealthiest%20quintile&f=false

http://books.google.com/books?id=7sSyioTDqqwC&pg=PA155&dq=venezuela+university+wealthiest+quintile&hl=en&sa=X&ei=As0DU_TuNdHyoATrkoKgDw&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=venezuela%20university%20wealthiest%20quintile&f=false

Country profile: Venezuela - Page 18


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Country profile: Venezuela - Page 18 1998 - ‎Snippet view - ‎More editions
Although the literacy rate has increased, Venezuela's once-high standards of education provision have been in decline since the ... Over 70% of students come from the wealthiest quintile of the population. ... Despite a low student to teacher ratio (14.1), university completion rates are poor, with only one-quarter of students ...