The coalition has announced plans to encourage private firms to set up
`for profit' degree courses. The idea comes from the US, and to see the high esteem in which such institutions are held there, have a look at the above strip from
Tom The Dancing Bug. The Guardian warns the
threat to universities is real and imminent.
Early day motion 1999 raises concern about for-profit universities;
They Work For You make it easy to write to your MP to urge him or her to support it.