Just 1,625 of the 49,991 Students Placed in Portugal's First University Round Came From the Poorest Bracket
Escalao A beneficiaries took about 3 percent of first-round higher-education places, down from 3.5 percent a year earlier, and 1,252 of the 1,625 arrived through the 2 percent priority quota. The union's president calls it the most alarming number in the results.
