Opinion

Are universities delivering the right graduates for the times?

Instead of obsessing over minute gradations in ATAR scores, cap them at 95 and make unis select students on their human skills as well.

Sam CrosbyContributor

Jul 21, 2020 – 12.43pm

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Emergencies tend to speed up history, as days of reckoning long prophesied suddenly appear on the horizon. The Australian university sector is currently experiencing such a moment. The full relevance of the shift is not yet clear to all; perhaps least to those with deep connections to the sector. The natural reflex for those directly affected by a shock is to simply right the ship.