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New VCs and the State of Affairs at and in Australian Universities
A brilliant comment (below) from a dear friend and an artist on the State of Affairs at and in Australian Universities. Full marks for the accuracy and intelligence in speaking to the stupidity of Australian politicians and the conformist VCs. New generation of educationalist vice-chancellors urges change. As more…
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How Small is Australian Higher Education Sector for Domestics?
The average person would be shock when they learn how small the Australian Higher Education Sector is for citizens and residents of Australia, taking the international market out of the equation. Here is the data: HigherEducationStatisticsExportData.xls The main conclusions, working the smallest section of the population interest in being education:…
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To the new Queensland Minister for Education and the Arts
To the Minister for Education and the Arts, Queensland Dear Friends, (letter to Minister below) Why do you not understand? If you didn’t? And if you did, why not say something significant about education? The Lesson: “I am glad you’re in the class, I am glad you are learning, a…
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Conversations with, and Between, Queensland Elites
Dear friends, Thoughts? A wealthy school could afford to improve the teaching strategy, the same curriculum, by retro-technology. But in the United States there has been thinking on meritocracy for nearly a century, and, indeed, the reform of meritocracy. What do you think? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/12/meritocracy-college-admissions-social-economic-segregation/680392/?gift=dpNmmIb8s6tgeaq0wQsEo0G3TC2YmQmhgvxg_L-CK_Y&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share Thoughts? A wealthy school could afford…
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Concepts, Terms, and Frames for the Leveling Playing Field
Here is a list of concepts, terms and definitions for the Level Playing Field. Level Playing Field The following graphs demonstrate a relationship between a selection of concepts, terms and definitions which may unravel confusion. Concepts are using a Primary Term to organise other terms…
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ON MY OLD BOSS. Jason Koutsoukis’ In like Glyn, The Monthly, November 2024
Jason Koutsoukis’ In like Glyn in The Monthly, November 2024, provides an excellent insight into the person of Professor Glyn Davis and the better politics. I worked for Professor Glyn Davis in Office of Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne, during the planning and implementation of the Melbourne Model. Professor Davis is a brilliant…
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I’m livin’ in the 70’s
Spiral Historiography. “I’m living in the Seventies”. Skyhooks. The political topics and rhetoric has spiral back to the 1970s pattern. I’m livin’ in the 70’s Eatin’ fake food under plastic trees My face gets dirty just a-walkin’ around I need another pill to calm me down …
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Really, Nick Cater!
Nick Cater sent a post in his “Reality Bites” series, called, “Intellectual rearmament”, with the tagline, “The British theologian who gave us the ammunition to defeat the Aboriginal Voice.” Really? You’d need ammunition to defeat the Aboriginal Voice? Your outlook on life and politics is warfare? The theologian in…
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ANGER NOT SEEN BEFORE, THE
THE = The Times Higher Education Supplement ‘ANGER NOT SEEN BEFORE’ The UK’s embattled universities have embarked on yet another round of cost-cutting, Tom Williams reports, with departments and projects once assumed to be off limits now facing the chop. Sheffield, York, UEA and Hull are among the institutions to announce the need to make…
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Dr Buch’s Full Listings of Articles, Essays, Chapters, and Books
Americans Have Not Turned Against Higher Ed. Reports of the sector’s cratering popularity are mistaken, The Chronicle of Higher Education, By Kevin Carey and Sophie Nguyen October 15, 2024 Americans are losing faith in the value of college. Or so we are told. As many colleges grapple with declining enrollment and intense…