Couldn't agree more. I was involved with UTS for over 13 years, as a
part time undergraduate, then doing my PhD. Over that time i have seen
class sizes increase, and the quality of graduates and lecturers
dramatically reduced, and they still can't meet their budgets because of
immense cutbacks at the coalface of university teaching.
One year we had an informal directive from the dean that we were no
allowd to fail a single 1st year student, because any dropouts would
reduce our funding for the next year and blow the budgets.
I have personally seen Computer Systems Engineers graduate, which I
wouldn't give tuppence for.
While there are still some very good graduates, be prepared for a lot of
very poor quality ones for a very long time to come
Erich
Alan L Tyree wrote:
>
> >> The bottom line is, while Kemp, Alston, Reith and Howard are in
> >> (the rest of the front bench too),
> >> expect a fifth rate deal in education and knowledge.
>
> >> I know it's just rhetoric but at least Beazley is talking of
> >> us being the "Knowledge Nation" and I hope he's going to
> >> put his money where his mouth is.
>
> C'mon Rachel - don't you remember who trashed the University system
> first? Remember *****DAWKINS*****?
>
> I was Professor of Law at the time (No flames, please!). During the
> "reforms" my admin load tripled, my class load increased 50%. At the
> same time, the Admin staff at the University of Sydney increased
> 25%. The "reforms" were a failure even when measured by their own
> standards. When measured by anyone who gives a damn about education,
> they were a total disaster.
>
> Anyway, it's fun lurking on this list - I switched to Linux over three
> years ago since I couldn't stand M$ freezing up every few hours.
>
> Cheers,
> Alan
>
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