Last week, the government put forward a package of 21 reforms, including an offer to increase funding, improve teacher training, increase university scholarships and help resolve unpaid student loan debts. But students rejected the plan, saying it failed to meet a key demand that private universities invest their income in educational improvements.
Only 16% of higher education spending comes from public sources, compared with an OECD average of nearly 70%. Three-quarters of Chile's universities are privately owned. The government says this private sector involvement should be welcomed, but the students argue that it effectively turns education into a commodity, governed by market forces.
Senior academics in the UCU lecturers' union have said they fear expansion of for-profit universities could damage the reputation of higher education in the UK
'Look Back in Anger' (Blick zurück im Zorn) lautet der Titel eines alten (aber nicht minder guten) Films mit Richard Burton, in dem der große Schauspieler einen wunderbar wütenden jungen Mann verkörpert. Nein, im Zorn blicke ich nicht auf dieses Jahr zurück, in dem ich einige ganz wunderbare Bücher lesen durfte. Sollte ich mich etwas grämen, dann vielleicht nur darüber, dass ich mir nicht mehr Zeit zum Lesen genommen habe...
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