Following the dystopian plan by consulting firms like McKinsey on "How to transform higher-education institutions for the long term"
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/education/our-insights/how-to-transform-higher-education-institutions-for-the-long-term
Yes, THAT McKinsey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiOUojVd6xQ
universities like Rice:
https://news.rice.edu/news/2023/rice-announces-launch-budget-transformation-initiative
but also public universities in the US:
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/wvu-cuts-higher-education/
are hiring these firms to cut faculty number and pay while simultaneously further bloating admin number and pay, leading to a complete perversion of the entire concept of HE.
Björn Brembs /
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2023-10-25 15:58:00
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