“… But the funding crisis hides another, deeper crisis. What are universities for? At the same time as tuition fees were flagged, the HEA announced a number of reviews, including one to look at ‘how third-level provision matches the needs of the economy’. Of course, universities must take the economy into account, but is that all they are to do? …” (more)
[Breda O’Brien, Irish Times, 26 May]