n - Eureka Street

'We are presently in the grip of a powerful, fashionablefetish for economic solutions in education and elsewhere. Inmy view; these need urgently to be balanced by a moredemocratic position. In this, we need to make a clear andfirm restatement of the value that should attach tointellectual independence, academic freedom, institutionalplurality and critical thought. '-Spencer ZifcakSee 'Brave new world', p24