Government must talk to the universities about money and reform [IrishTimes]
- Published: 13 April 2010
PRESIDENT'S LOG: The recent Public Service Agreement will only divert money into bureaucracy and away from teaching, writes FERDINAND VON PRONDZYNSKI
I DON’T WANT to suggest that higher education is a business. But, if for the purpose of what I am about to argue you were to see it as a business, you would have to conclude that it isn’t an easy one to run.
Generally speaking, the key thing you need to get right in any business organisation is to maximise the income while controlling the costs. Taking the education of Irish undergraduate students, in the universities we cannot do either of these things.
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