I’ve been involved in a Staff for Palestine group this year and it’s been interesting to see the things the uni does to stonewall things it’s trying not to deal with.
“….First, let’s consider university campuses. Generally speaking, administrations run universities along corporate management principles. Vice-Chancellors are paid large sums and as a rule move in the same social and professional circles as the political and corporate elites. This means that students are increasingly treated like both customers and products. University staff, academics and support staff alike, are treated as workers to be squeezed….”
You wouldn’t know the half of it Godfrey
I was in university admin 1980s the cusp of change as HECS was foisted on Australian students and international funds were warping our education
In govt Reaganomics was disaster, in universities it redefined economics and social studies teaching leaving us with politicians locked in fake mantras
The era of profit seeking contractors screwing workers has to end
In any venture govt or private controlled - the product and those workers who deliver it and the public community users are important - the profit taking millionaires should have no role - that is where value disappears and kills GDP
OUR UNIONS HAVE VERY WELL QUALIFIED HUMANITARIANS GUIDING FOR BETTER RESULTS - let’s organise
Your characterisation of universities is spot on. Interesting ideas about how to shake things up.
You can always sense a loose thread if you feel for it
I’ve been involved in a Staff for Palestine group this year and it’s been interesting to see the things the uni does to stonewall things it’s trying not to deal with.
Interesting. That feels like an essay at some point
“….First, let’s consider university campuses. Generally speaking, administrations run universities along corporate management principles. Vice-Chancellors are paid large sums and as a rule move in the same social and professional circles as the political and corporate elites. This means that students are increasingly treated like both customers and products. University staff, academics and support staff alike, are treated as workers to be squeezed….”
You wouldn’t know the half of it Godfrey
I was in university admin 1980s the cusp of change as HECS was foisted on Australian students and international funds were warping our education
In govt Reaganomics was disaster, in universities it redefined economics and social studies teaching leaving us with politicians locked in fake mantras
So true!
The era of profit seeking contractors screwing workers has to end
In any venture govt or private controlled - the product and those workers who deliver it and the public community users are important - the profit taking millionaires should have no role - that is where value disappears and kills GDP
OUR UNIONS HAVE VERY WELL QUALIFIED HUMANITARIANS GUIDING FOR BETTER RESULTS - let’s organise