Image courtesy of Wikipedia I'm probably one of the few HoD's who's increasingly concerned about the rising cost of higher education, because the arts and humanities gets the most accusations about being a waste of money. Yet we can think of 100 other ways in which universities are spending 100 times more on extra-curricular and managerial activities than on what the arts and humanities asks for. I've said before that Africa has the advantage of being able to learn from America's mistakes, but unfortunately the guy in charge the Education ministry is so busy issuing orders and not listening and guiding universities towards making those mistakes.
There's a controversial movie just released on the same in the United States. I hope we can get us a legit copy so that we can see it. The way we're going - with HoDs and faculty thinking of the hottest new course rather than of what students and the country needs, is not sustainable.
The movie trailer is here.
There's a controversial movie just released on the same in the United States. I hope we can get us a legit copy so that we can see it. The way we're going - with HoDs and faculty thinking of the hottest new course rather than of what students and the country needs, is not sustainable.
The movie trailer is here.
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