Retiring academic laments “corrupted” university degree factories

Outgoing University of Wollongong academic, Dr Anthony Ashbol, has taken aim at the “corrupted corporatisation” of Australia’s universities, which have turned into degree factories:

“I suppose the biggest change for me as a teacher is the expanding class sizes and in particularly tutorials because when I started at the University of Wollongong, small tutorials were the norm and you really got to know your students in quite a solid way.

“All that has disappeared as tutorial sizes have grown to now be between 20 and 30, and therefor the distance between staff and students has grown…