Stephen Downes

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A retired law professor has caused a stir by blasting the Canadian university system. The actual article is behind a paywall, but you can reconstruct it from the bklog posts. "Retired University of Western Ontario law professor Robert Martin compares Canadian law faculties to 'psychotic kindergartens' populated by 'a horde of illiterate, ignorant cretins,'" says The Guardian. "In 2001, the Dean of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law decided to transform it into a 'truly great global law school'. As part of achieving this goal, annual tuition fees were to be raised to $20,000 and beyond. The decision of the Law Faculty to pattern itself after a Wal-Mart outlet had certain, predictable consequences," quotes The Jobless Juris Doctor. Mcleans focuses on "closed and fearful institutions."

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