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Looking Back, 2012

By On 29/12/2012 · 1 Comment

Things have been quiet here for the past few weeks — life didn’t quite kill the blog, but kept it pretty much dormant. Now that I have a few days of calm, though, I wanted to write two posts: this one, looking back on the past year and what happened to dispositio, and a second [...]

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Drummond on Higher Education (An Ontario Post)

By On 21/02/2012 · Leave a Comment

Since it seems that all policy decisions now have to be justified on economic grounds, I suppose it made sense for the Ontario government to turn to a former banker and current economist for advice on the future direction of the province. The 600-plus-page document Don Drummond produced in response has been extensively covered in [...]

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Grayling Hall: Oh, the Humanities

By On 09/06/2011 · 2 Comments

A few days ago, the British philosopher A. C. Grayling announced that he’s set up a private college charging £18,000 a year for preparing students for the University of London’s International degree program. I think that’s a more or less accurate description of what this New College of the Humanities proposes to offer: it’s [...]

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The Corporate University 2.0

By On 12/05/2011 · Leave a Comment

From a recent report in The Guardian on the British government’s plans for the further deconstruction of England’s university system:

The government is also keen to encourage more corporate sponsorship of university places. The accountancy firm KPMG has unveiled a plan to pay fees for students at universities including Durham, in a training programme leading [...]

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