Vice-chancellors show themselves up

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http://www.timeshighereducation.co.u...ode=407233&c=2

They were this candid in an interview? Are they idiots??

In a section on academic freedom, one vice-chancellor speaks of the need to have a "network of people involved in intelligence-gathering to be able to deal swiftly with even the faintest hint of revolution".

"We all know that education is a commodity that can be bought and sold, often at a very high price," he says. "So universities are busy doing that - charging students a large amount of money to study in England because it is a popular destination. Branding and marketing take the front seat, and education is in the back."

"Corporations will create private universities when they perceive that university training is inadequate, too costly, unfocused and doesn't pay off in increasing employee loyalty," he says.