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Adrien's avatar

I remember when the Dawkins Reforms came in and overnight faculty at the Standing Committee started talking about 'markets' not students. "This ain't gonna end well", thinks me. A lot of people don't understand that you can't pay for knowledge. A lot of people don't even get that's what you're there to get. Jus' gimme the embossed piece o' paper and a starting salary of hundreds of money!

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1. Monetising everything through markets (and instrumentalising including through govts) is pernicious - unfair for those lacking wealth but also undermining essential values - https://scholar.harvard.edu/sandel/publications/what-money-cant-buy-moral-limits-markets

2. Looking forward to your sequel on similar problems re university ranking metrics!

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