Thursday, June 17, 2010

What Do We Mean by Enhancing the Quality of Higher Ed.?

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Reading about Pragmatics made me revise many of the discourses I've been hearing about bettering the quality of higher education. Over the years, improving universities and scientific research have been in the spotlight. It's often advocated by politicians, often recommended by businesses and frequently urged by academics.

Saying something but meaning another makes it really hard to fathom what the advocates want to say by "Enhancing the quality of higher education". If I have a good memory, one of the major promises of Obama's campaign was improving the quality of American education. However, reducing public funding for colleges and universities makes me ask myself what Obama truly meant by enhancing education before he got into the white house.

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