RaymondPierreL3<p>“What can Jason Clare do?’ Is the title of Benjamin Jones’ piece in openforum.com.au concerning <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ANU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ANU</span></a>’s <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Mismanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mismanagement</span></a> problems. </p><p>And, sure he addresses some issues, as in the lack of transparency, the excessive remuneration of executives and even calls for a resetting of the university’s core business, but there a great lacuna here. There’s little to no mention (depending on you viewpoint as a reader) of the insane idea that a university can be run as a business following debunked <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Neoliberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberal</span></a> (aka <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NeoClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoClassical</span></a>) economic thinking nor any words on the need for a complete reform of the university council’s responsibilities, processes and composition. Yet still, no mention of the inherited (from Morrison) <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JobsReady" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JobsReady</span></a> foolishness that was imposed on the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TertiaryEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TertiaryEducation</span></a> system — as if Universities were TAFE colleges or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TradeSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeSchools</span></a>. </p><p>The best I can say about the article is that it sustains the public conversation that must be had about our education system and adds to it by pointing out that the responsible minister <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JasonClair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JasonClair</span></a> ought to be, well… <a href="https://aus.social/tags/responsible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>responsible</span></a>.</p><p>It should not be about <a href="https://aus.social/tags/rescuing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rescuing</span></a> the ANU (Awash with Cash as it is) but about freeing the institution from the madness imposed on it by <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AccrualAccounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AccrualAccounting</span></a> practices, feverish dreams of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EconomicWonks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicWonks</span></a> and the grip of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NeoLiberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoLiberalism</span></a>, maniacal <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Managerialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Managerialism</span></a> and past-due-date <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NeoClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoClassical</span></a> economic theory.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/BishopMustGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BishopMustGo</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SaveOurANU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurANU</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/InUnity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InUnity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StudentUnionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StudentUnionism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JoinYourUnionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoinYourUnionNow</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CollegiateGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollegiateGovernance</span></a> </p><p>read more:<br><a href="https://www.openforum.com.au/rescuing-the-anu/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openforum.com.au/rescuing-the-</span><span class="invisible">anu/</span></a></p>