PHL 501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ryerson University
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Phl 501 - social thought and critique of power. In a public system, everyone should be allowed to attend the school. No one has special claim to the teacher"s attention. Public schools are a model of society where it is owned" by everyone. Schools suddenly become a profit maximizing enterprise. -> forces students and parents to be wise consumers. Public education at the higher level - university. Everyone should know the broader sense of their society, so to be able to make better decisions. -> better ability to process information to make a valid conclusion/decision. Argues from the second world war, there has been a significant shift in universities known as the golden age" where universities became more accessible to the public. Beginning of the downfall whereby universities and students have been increasing casting university life as a type of economic investment to get us a job.