As the global higher education sector faces ongoing financial pressures, the core purposes of universities—knowledge transmission, skill development, personal growth, and research—are increasingly being scrutinised. While commercial value in research and skills predominates, debates persist about the fundamental role of education amidst escalating costs and societal impacts. It remains important to critique higher education’s effectiveness and economic rationale, highlighting systemic issues and potential reforms.
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For education… always has had, and always will have, an element of danger and revolution, of dissatisfaction and discontent. W.E.B. Du Bois Podcast Gooblar, D. The Missing Course. Teaching in Higher Ed podcast In this episode of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Bonnie Stachowiak speaks to David Gooblar about how teachers are almost never…
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