They would also like to see more debate on how the third-level sector can move to the kind of funding levels enjoyed by top-performing universities in countries such as the US.

Something tells me that y’all don’t want to pay the kind of money that we do for our college educations. Sure, there is a tremendous amount of federal funding (often in STTRs, wherein universities partner with local small businesses), but the influx of funding certainly allows us to reallocate resources. We also have to essentially bribe the best out of our lucrative private practise, which drives up costs. Eh, no free lunches, etc.

So when are you going to cease this ridiculous pseudo-modest endeavour and actually start blogging again?