University fees: The impossible trinity of higher education
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Revolutions at UCT taking its toll: Image tweeted this morning by RhodesMustFall A few months ago, I had one of the most gratifying experiences of my academic career, as a member of an appointment committee at Stellenbosch University. We had two candidates for a tenure-track position in economic history within the Department of Economics. Both were Masters students within our department, but the quality of the interviews would have suggested otherwise: the candidates were clearly passionate, eloquent and thoughtful in their answers. I remember thinking afterwards of the story of Paul Samuelson's dissertation defense at Harvard, when one member of the committee, the great Joseph Schumpeter turned to another member, Nobel Laureate Wassily Leontief, and asked, 'Well, Wassily, do you think we have passed?'. And it's true: the questions both candidates asked of us were often more grueling than what we asked them. The point is, if we had the resources, there was no reason not to appoint both. In fact, that was the recommendation of several members of the appointment committee. But we couldn't. Because of something called the Budget Constraint.
University fees: The impossible trinity of higher education
University fees: The impossible trinity of…
University fees: The impossible trinity of higher education
Revolutions at UCT taking its toll: Image tweeted this morning by RhodesMustFall A few months ago, I had one of the most gratifying experiences of my academic career, as a member of an appointment committee at Stellenbosch University. We had two candidates for a tenure-track position in economic history within the Department of Economics. Both were Masters students within our department, but the quality of the interviews would have suggested otherwise: the candidates were clearly passionate, eloquent and thoughtful in their answers. I remember thinking afterwards of the story of Paul Samuelson's dissertation defense at Harvard, when one member of the committee, the great Joseph Schumpeter turned to another member, Nobel Laureate Wassily Leontief, and asked, 'Well, Wassily, do you think we have passed?'. And it's true: the questions both candidates asked of us were often more grueling than what we asked them. The point is, if we had the resources, there was no reason not to appoint both. In fact, that was the recommendation of several members of the appointment committee. But we couldn't. Because of something called the Budget Constraint.