HEPSI: Digest for 3 Sep 1998

Phil Graham (pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au)
Sun, 06 Sep 1998 21:26:39 +1000

Technocratic perspectives on "body counts" in higher education. The
discursive advance of "instrumental", qualifications-based training.

>Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 18:46:56 +1000
>From: HEPROC Moderator <hepsi who-is-at heproc.org>
>Subject: HEPSI: Digest for 3 Sep 1998
>To: pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au

>Subj: Reply to Kathy O'Connor ('wastage')
>
>From: Mohamed <ouakmo who-is-at fesnet.net.ma>
>
>The first time I came across the word 'wastage' used for 'attrition'
>and student failure (in exams) was in G.W. Miller (Success, Failure
>and Wastage, 1970, London : George Harrap and Cy). The criterion for
>'wastage' is 'whether or not the student has left his institution of
>higher education without gaining the degree or the qualification
>intended'(p.10)

Phil Graham
pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html