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Nelson's lament: despite his protests, the market-driven university is just what the Minster ordered.

Publication: Arena Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JUN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Nelson's lament: despite his protests, the market-driven university is just what the Minster ordered.(Against the Current)(Federal Minister for Education)

Article Excerpt
Universities drive our economic and social development. They pass the soul from one generation to the next . why is it, in a country where we are bleeding in physics and chemistry and biology and humanities and social science, why are we running courses in golf course management, surfboard riding, paranormal scepticism, aromatherapy--you can do [a course on] makeup application for drag queens at Swinburne.

So said the Federal Minister for Education, Brendan Nelson during an interview on a recent ABC Four Corners program devoted to the state of Australian higher education. It's not the first time Nelson has made this foray into the standards of university course offerings. Earlier this year, he was using the same example to highlight declining university standards.

But have things really gotten that bad...

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