The poor don't buy flimsy money-back guarantees
Article Abstract:
The economic benefits that graduates in the UK will receive as a result of gaining a degree, recently estimated by the Department for Education and Skills as UKPd400,000 over the course of a career when compared to a non-graduate, are misleading and are liable to be disbelieved, especially by young people who are becoming increasingly sophisticated in recognising their self-interest. It is argued that the figures that ministers quote in an attempt to convince people that higher education is beneficial are based on statistics from a period when there were far fewer graduates around and that they contain forecasts that are highly speculative and that, therefore, quoting these figures may actually prove to be counterproductive.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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No place for losers
Article Abstract:
The professor of public policy at the University of California notes that while marketisation has energised higher education in the United States, it also has had a downside. It is acknowledged that marketisation has improved the financing of US universities and has allowed for new ideas to enter the sector, however, it is also argued that marketisation has left higher education as a cut-throat sector, where success breeds success, but where failure also breeds more failure.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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Just 'apply', don't 'understand'
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Higher education in the United Kingdom drifted away from academic freedom long ago. The issue of money, and an attitude of paying-to-learn, has corrupted the institution of education.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2001
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