Tim Blair

RUPERT MURDOCH says Australian universities

RUPERT MURDOCH says Australian universities are bullshit:

While he says good universities can be great catalysts for their communities, Mr Murdoch argues Australia's educational establishment is doing the country an immense disservice.

He calls for more money to be pumped into universities so they can "buy the best brains in the world", suggesting academic salaries of up to $1 million a year.

"I think the education establishment with its insistence on tenure at a tertiary level, and its power at primary and secondary level - setting bullshit syllabuses - is really doing the country an immense disservice," he says.

Here's an example of the bullshit Murdoch is talking about.

Posted by Tim Blair at May 2, 2003 01:44 AM