On 16-Jun-11 11:27:54, Paul Bivand wrote:
> Interesting the questions they don't plan on discussing...
>
> Like whether or not their students get jobs, how much they
> earn, whether they can pay back student loans (unless this
> is all under 'Increase alumni pledges)
>
> Actually the level of information from higher and particularly
> further education institutions to potential students on these
> issues is frankly shocking.
>
> Deconstructing this sort of model is likely to get increasingly
> important.
>
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> Paul Bivand
The concept of "deconstructing" this kind of thing (and all
sorts of other stuff which is increasingly being poured out
on us these days) has been intriguing me for a while.
While admitting that much in the conceptual domain can be
viewed as a "construct", deconstruction implies the existence
of a definite structure which can be taken apart -- e.g. by
the sort of analysis that deconstructors from the Constructivist
camp apply.
My problem with the sort of tauroscatologia [check the etymology]
that we're swimming in now is that there is very little by way
of true structure that one can get one's hands on. At best, it
will have less structure than a bouncy castle.
Consider, for example, the "Big Society". Other examples will
readily occur to readers.
The only thing you can do to a bouncy castle is puncture it.
I.e. deflate the puffed up thing.
Ted.
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