Rudd Govt to impose low SES quotas on Uni admission

[brendan]

http://andrewnorton.info/2009/03/from-one-soviet-style-policy-to-another/

I oppose completely an imposition by Government of quotas of any kind on universities. What the Govt is trying to impose is not a system of admission based on merit, but based on who your parents are.

[costargh]

Yes when I read the original article in the newspaper I was completely opposed to it too.

It's like in some labour markets when employers deliberately set a quota of a minimum amount of women in their organisation.
Oppose it.

[excal]

Yes when I read the original article in the newspaper I was completely opposed to it too.

It's like in some labour markets when employers deliberately set a quota of a minimum amount of women in their organisation.
Oppose it.

It's their choice though - perhaps their approach to the triple bottom line?

Somewhat distinct from the government forcing someone to do something with absolutely no clear benefit.

[costargh]

The similarity is that a certain group is being discriminated against.