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nationals are better represented at the UAS than at research universities. The reverse picturearises when we look at Western foreign Dutch nationals. This group is better represented atresearch universities (they represent 14% of all students) than at UAS (11%). Among HEIslocated in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, the ethnic composition of the student populationvaries considerably. For the two largest UAS in the metropolitan region – the Hogeschool vanAmsterdam and the Hogeschool INHolland – the ethnic composition of the student population ismore or less equal with a large share for the autochtonen. However, it should be noted that thissituation is changing rapidly (see Chapter 4.5.2 for further analysis). The UAS that offereducational programmes in the field arts – the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and the Hogeschool voorde Kunsten – are characterized by a higher share of foreign students as well as foreign Dutchnational students (allochtonen).Figure 1-6: Higher education students by social group (2007-2008)100%80%60%40%20%non‐western allochtonenwestern allochtonenautochtonen0%HvAINHollandIPABOAmst. hs. vd. kunstengerrit rietveld ac.total UAStotal universitiesSource: O+S Amsterdam (2008a), HBO-raad (2008a)One development that worries policymakers in the Amsterdam metropolitan region is therelatively high dropout rate at the secondary education and secondary vocational education levelsin some municipalities. Especially in the relatively large municipalities such as Amsterdam,Haarlem, Purmerend and Zaanstad the dropout rates are much higher than the Dutch average.Amsterdam is performing worst with respect to male dropouts from secondary education(VMBO, HAVO and VWO) as well as secondary vocational education (MBO): the male dropoutrate there is 8%. This dropout rate is considerably higher than the Dutch average, which is 5%.19