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082 _a378.9 HI SE
100 1 _aHil, Richard
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245 1 0 _aSelling students short :
_bwhy you won't get the university education you deserve
_cRichard Hil
260 _aCrows Nest, NSW :
_bAllen & Unwin,
_cc2015.
300 _aix, 227 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [208]-227).
520 _a"More students than ever before go to university, and what they experience there is vastly different from even a decade ago. The hi-tech libraries, designer lecture theatres, funky cafes and elaborate sporting facilities hide a reality very different to all the marketing hype. Class sizes have blown out, facilities are often inadequate, technology has increasingly replaced face-to-face teaching, and staff are weighed down by impossible workloads. Students work long hours in often low paid, casual jobs, feel lonely and isolated, and their education leaves them in debt for years. Richard Hil lifts the lid on today's university experience... Far from producing rounded citizens and flexible, job-ready graduates, Hil argues universities are turning out individuals often unable to obtain relevant work ..."--Back cover.
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