MBAs remain one of the most overrated concepts in education, with most business schools massively out of pocket thanks to their MBA programs.
Universities
What’s in a name? Money, say universities
By changing a course name from “German Literature of the High Middle Ages’’ to “Knights, Castles, and Dragons’’, Boston College nearly tripled enrollment. Catchy course names are becoming an important business strategy for unis.
Harvard gets schooled by GFC
Universities across the globe are feeling the brunt of the GFC. Even Harvard is facing budget deficits of hundreds of millions of US dollars, cancelled billion dollar building projects and an unstable administration.
Women’s studies hits middle age
In the US, women’s studies made a formal debut to higher education in 1970. Now enrolment has gone global.
Dear Julia Gillard: Universities need funds not ethical compromise
Fund universities properly and academics won’t be compromised, argues Professor Gavin Mooney.
Universities and pork: Has the Coalition played favourites?
Further analysis into how the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) has directed “Transition Funds” to key marginal and Coalition held seats is either mere co-incidence or a calculated pork-barrelling exercise, writes Nicholas Pickard.
Universities get down with web 2.0, LOL, DYKWIM etc
It’s not that putative human Julie Bishop doesn’t, necessarily, have a slinky toy where most of a brain should be properly positioned. And it’s not that I’d care for her contributions in a discussion about anything more intricate than mince. However, on one substantial issue, we concur: the kids are getting thick.
Government offers university a choice: AWAs or unemployment
The federal government appears to be putting pressure on universities to only hire staff on the controversial Australian Workplace Agreements, writes Geoff Maslen.
