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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

How much longer will universities exist?

By Daniel Stacey

Daily Life - September 16, 2013 

It’s a constant refrain of parents, teachers, and self-appointed guardians of Kultur everywhere – society is getting dumber.
This is a perfectly acceptable accusation, so long as those pointing fingers are willing to stomach that it’s academic institutions, not students, who are responsible for declining standards.
Last week I saw for the first time photos of what has recently been happening at my alma mater. The University of Sydney’s Fisher Library is having its stacks uprooted, and roughly half the collection will end up in storage, never to return.

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