Salient. Official Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 44 No. 11. June 2 1981
Ideals Lost
Ideals Lost
- a symbol for, and a place of, knowledge
- a home for research
- a centre of education, and
- one of the few places where 'civilisation' still exists.
With the alternatives being either: cutting back on all research, other than that funded from outside the university; a lowering of standards in universities; or, restricting entry.
The latter at this stage though bad, is "the better of three evils".
This will be unfortunate, he stated, as a day is appearing when tertiary education may become a "defensive necessity", as higher qualifications become more important in obtaining jobs. If such a situation occurs, all "de facto restrictions" to access to university (such as economic or personal ones) must be removed.