Smooth access

College entrance exam takers this year have found more favor than students in yesteryears.

Institutions of higher learning will admit nearly 70 percent of the 9.57 million students who appeared for the entrance examinations last week, according to the Ministry of Education.

There is also another piece of good news. Fewer students sat for the exams this year; the number was down by nearly 650,000 over last year's. These high school graduates should thank a higher-education equivalent of the global credit bubble for this stroke of good luck.