associate degree 副學士學位

associate degree
繁：副學士學位
简：副学士学位

中學文憑試明日放榜，教育局局長楊潤雄被問到今年考生人數較往年減少，會否造成副學士學位供過於求的情況，有否想過取消副學士時，重申會檢討副學士學位政策，但強調非因供求問題，而是副學士已推行十幾年時間，社會對此亦有意見，認為是時候進行檢討，但與入學人數並無直接關係。

【DSE放榜】考生減副學士供過於求應取消？楊潤雄：係時候檢討（2017年7月11日）。蘋果日報，取自 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20170711/56941940

But some eligible students still opted for associate degrees – two-year, sub-degree programmes with an academic focus – at public universities, despite no subsidy and no guarantee of being able to switch to an undergraduate degree afterwards.

Hong Kong students choose public over private by opting for associate degrees when missing out on university places. (2017, August 8). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/2105839/hong-kong-students-still-opt-associate-degrees