On 12/10/2010 01:28 PM, marc garrett wrote: > This paragraph from Armin's article rings true... > > "Yet the students who with such a clear mind defend the value of > education as a public good should take a clear and careful look at what > it is that they are defending. The snobbish and frequent comments of > members of the politic and academic establishment who refer to 'our > world class universities' are not aware of what the students know all > too well. That the standard of teaching and learning in most British > universities is very low, that a lot of the teaching is outsourced to > exploited and underpaid sessional lecturers, that part time staff often > are made course leaders and solely responsible for a whole BA or MA > course, that the number of 'contact hours' students are getting are few > and decreasing, and that British universities have long been turned into > a two- and three-tyer class society."
It will be much easier to reform and improve the universities if they exist than if they don't. ;-) - Rob. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
