University Finance
Sir,—Mr Ogilvies analysis of the tertiary education system is inadequate, and his suggestion that students pay more is impractical. Gaining a degree is not just a matter of investing money and attending lectures for the prescribed number of years, as students who are at present sitting examinations will fully appreciate. A lot of hard work and at least an above-average intelligence are also required. If the cost to students of attending university was increased by any means, the number seeking to enter would drop, this effect spanning the whole range of abilities. The overall result would be that either the number or quality of graduates would decrease. Also, as *in some Canadian states, it would be found that the children of the wealthy would have greater opportunities to obtain higher education. There is no reason why Mr Ogilvie's logic cannot be extended to secondary and even primary education. However, I feel that by this stage
the scheme would have lost any public support.—Yours, etc., BRUCE FORBES. October 23, 1969.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32127, 24 October 1969, Page 10
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