http://www.empiricist.com/articles/the-higher-education-bubble/ Science, Technology, Life Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:41:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.empiricist.com/articles/the-higher-education-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Pat Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:40:37 +0000 http://www.empiricist.com/?p=644#comment-172 Not just in Australia, and not just in higher education. Hoe many people are forced to go to school, then find that reading and writing and arithmatic are the only relevant things they've learnt. And how many have to sit with "students" who relly don't want to be there and disrupt everyone else. And how do we know what is the right price to pay for education (especially when paid through government)? We wouldn't dream of asking farmers to set the price of wheat- they have to find a buyer- why do we take the education establishment at its own word? Not just in Australia, and not just in higher education. Hoe many people are forced to go to school, then find that reading and writing and arithmatic are the only relevant things they’ve learnt. And how many have to sit with “students” who relly don’t want to be there and disrupt everyone else. And how do we know what is the right price to pay for education (especially when paid through government)? We wouldn’t dream of asking farmers to set the price of wheat- they have to find a buyer- why do we take the education establishment at its own word?

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