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We don’t have students any more – just customers
With the globalisation and deregulation of trade, governments are increasingly susceptible to the influence of powerful commercial interests. Organisations such as the OECD, the World Bank and the EU mediate this influence and thereby exercise in direct control over national higher education systems. Over the past 20 years, several OECD, EU and World Bank reports proclaim the universities to be the intellectual engine of a global economy rather than a global society.
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The problem with this is a fundamental issue with education. Learning is hard. It involves the frustration of realizing that you don't understand something, and the pain of rearranging your worldview, which often means opening your mind to new, difficult ideas. None of these are things that you would normally want to purchase, unless you have the unusual maturity required to see beyond the immediate difficulties to learning.