Assaf research shows that the enrolment of students in higher education increased on average by 2.6% every year from 1996 (509000 students) to 2008 (799000).
At the same time, enrolments in the humanities (excluding enrolment in education), decreased from 273000 to 215000 in the same 13-year period - an average annual decline of 2.0%. In 2008, 112000 undergraduate students registered to study law, public administration, psychology, communication and economics. Only 9% of undergraduate students enrolled for anthropology, dance, drama, music, history, Afrikaans, African languages and philosophy.
Funding has also been a problem for students. From 1996 to 2008, funding decreased by 13% and enrolments declined on average 2% every year in the same 13 years, against an overall increase in tertiary enrolment of 2.6% every year in the same period.
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