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On academic Darwinism.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
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Arena Magazine
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February 1, 2008
- Author:
- Davis, Glyn
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Congratulations to Simon Cooper on his close reading of my National Press Club speech (Arena Magazine 90). The presentation passed without any significant commentary, and the paper launched that day vanished almost without trace. As far as I know, Simon is the only person to have reflected on the content in any sustained way.
His reading of the paper seems to me fair and balanced. Seizing the Opportunitiesis indeed an argument for applying market logic to universities, based on the frustration of thirty years of continuous cuts to teaching funds for universities. As public universities, the Go8 (like everyone else in the sector) has argued without success for substantial ...