Well, I agree, I mean, public interest could mean whatever the university says is in the public interest or it could mean what the public thinks is in the public interest, and the first would be fine, good in fact, and the second would suck ass.
in re: the bums-on-seats method, pretty sure funding was sourse-bvy-course based on whichever courses get the most students - science and eng papers are fractionally more expensive though, yeah. I mjean, the kind of discretion this new thing implies could be fantastic. Last year we had a huge thing at my university because our islamic studies lecturer was laid off because her classes were so tiny. Under this new method she maybe could have said, hey, look, I know I don't have many people taking it but don't you think islamic studies is pretty important right now? Huh? Huh? And I think that's great because I think it is in the national interest to have as many different courses, the widest spectrum, as possible.
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in re: the bums-on-seats method, pretty sure funding was sourse-bvy-course based on whichever courses get the most students - science and eng papers are fractionally more expensive though, yeah. I mjean, the kind of discretion this new thing implies could be fantastic. Last year we had a huge thing at my university because our islamic studies lecturer was laid off because her classes were so tiny. Under this new method she maybe could have said, hey, look, I know I don't have many people taking it but don't you think islamic studies is pretty important right now? Huh? Huh? And I think that's great because I think it is in the national interest to have as many different courses, the widest spectrum, as possible.