How our education system is becoming an industry

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To grow our economy and to enhance our society we need our universities to produce increasing numbers of graduates with the necessary skills, abilities and intellect to contribute meaningfully to our country’s future wellbeing.

, August 7). These illustrate graphically the costs to Australian education and society generally that are being paid for fattening the profits of the tertiary sector’s export-earning degree factories. Vice chancellors are threatening to sack 14,000 academics if they can’t increase the numbers of international students . Then there’s the equally alarming report of UNSW’s plans to further profit from wealthy overseas students by building 15 and 16-storey residential blocks adjacent to NIDA .

Fierce resentment toward tall poppies incite proud heads being cut back down to size by rivals. Conversely, underachieving bottom-feeders will want to stay hidden below the murky depths of “quiet quitting” to avoid discovery. A commitment to staying unremarkable and uncontentious is the name of the game for a trouble-free career. Clocking in and out on time, not voicing controversial opinions and responding to emails in a breathless sprint come recommended as a winning trio of untroubled work attitudes. Just don’t expect to receive a medal.Perhaps the Iranian ambassador should undergo “education and training”, including a visit to either the Sydney or Melbourne Holocaust Museum .

 

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