Newsgroups: ont.general
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: CUT TO THE FAT
Message-ID: <1988Oct24.174544.17034@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <8810240027.AA06108@oconnor.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 88 17:45:44 GMT

In article <8810240027.AA06108@oconnor.csri.toronto.edu> tjhorton@csri.toronto.edu (Tim Horton) writes:
>One last note of some relevance.  I've seen a few of the universities
>represented on this network pursue some questionable uses of cash...

No argument.  However, one should also bear in mind that some of the
Ontario universities, possibly including some of the ones represented
on the net, *are* questionable uses of cash.  Possibly the single best
thing the Ontario government could do for the province's university
system is to take some of the basket cases -- "universities" established
at the peak of baby-boom enthusiasm, with little or no long-term
justification -- out and shoot them.  And then encourage the remaining
universities to do the same with marginal schools and departments.
Most of those places are slowly starving to death anyway; "'twere best
'twere done quickly".

This approach would have its problems, and it would be exceedingly
unpopular in the affected areas, but it would free up a fair bit of
money that is currently completely wasted on poor-quality education.
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