Monday, July 18, 2016
Don't turn students into consumers – the US proves it's a recipe for disaster
Higher Education Network | The Guardian: The UK government wants to bring market-based reform to the country’s universities. The idea is that higher education is like any other industry. There are inputs, such as students, subsidies, tuition revenue streams and philanthropic support. There are outputs, such as graduates, increased social mobility and higher standards of living. And there are external forces that regulate the industry’s behaviour, such as government agencies and accreditation groups.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
" The customer is always right", this has been a statement overused in movies and minimum wage jobs for years now, and it's the perfect way to explain why this system would fail to serve students justly, Students need an education that pushes them to their limits, but if a university is concerned about students leaving and therefore them not receiving their money, they will allow the student to get by without putting in the right amount of work. Often times students who cannot complete their coursework will stay more than 4 years at a university, so if it was it's own market then colleges would incentivize students to stay more years and keep them from starting their lives in the same way that private prisons have high rates of re-incarceration.
Post a Comment