Web degree scams net $500 million

Web degree scams net $500 million

A nice little article in our local paper, the Sunday Mail, featuring John and myself.

Does anyone remember Bilal Nasrullah? Well, he was interviewed for part of the story regarding his operation of the University of Asia (now defunct), and he is now, "...involved in new ventures".

Nonetheless, his main gripe was, "They made it so that you had to have legal approval to operate - it was restraint of trade. I now can't offer courses without a certificate from the bureaucracy. There is no competition in education in Australia, no free enterprise."

Mmmmm

Cheers,

George

 

Thriving Industry of Non-Teaching

To borrow somebody's recent sentiments, looks like I am in the wrong business. [Did you say $500m?]

When an institution at which I was teaching 10 years ago introduced an allowance called teaching allowance, there was a lot of pressure from non-academic staff for similar benefits. Eventually they were awarded an allowance known as non-teaching allowance.

Many of us wondered what 'non-teaching' meant since the allowances were never meant for passivity.

I now realise that there is a thriving industry of non-teaching.

Opherus