A rather interesting (and depressive) read, perfect for a Sunday afternoon:
The Grim Threat to British Universities by Simon Head in the New York Review of Books:
The British universities, Oxford and Cambridge included, are under siege from a system of state control that is undermining the one thing upon which their worldwide reputation depends: the caliber of their scholarship. The theories and practices that are driving this assault are mostly American in origin, conceived in American business schools and management consulting firms. (…)
