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From: Gary Merrill
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:59
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:59
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In article <1992Aug27.185400.4940@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>, jgn@vixen.uucp (22122-niederberger) writes: |> Equating education with a marketable commodity is rubbish. No doubt How very naive. Education is a marketable commodity (though it need not be, and is not *only* this). Further, it is a *big* business at every level of education in this country. But aside from that, I prefer the term "product" to "marketable commodity", and I continue to believe that if more academics thought of what they do in this way there would be an improvement in the quality of education (the product). Such a conception, and such an improvement need not follow a cynical line of pandering to the customer (which is what you seem to fear). However, it can (and should) lead to a kind of goal directedness and accountability that is missing in much of education today. -- Gary H. Merrill [Principal Systems Developer, C Compiler Development] SAS Institute Inc. / SAS Campus Dr. / Cary, NC 27513 / (919) 677-8000 sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com ... !mcnc!sas!sasghm
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Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!sasghm From: sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill) Subject: Re: Science vs Philosophy of Originator: sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: <Btp2qy.Dvx@unx.sas.com> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:59:21 GMT References: <Btn8r8.8LK@unx.sas.com> <1992Aug27.142730.28989@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <BtnLxM.MM@unx.sas.com> <1992Aug27.185400.4940@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: theseus.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 20