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Kay states that a great writer that publishes today may not be seen as relevant. However, many great writers are still published today and referred to in teachings. Kay does not provide proper evidence supporting this argument. The questions is where is Kay's solutions? She brings up issues such as high cost of education, issues of plagiarizing and grade inflations, but where is the evidence to support this? Where are the solutions to remedy these problems? The issues are valid and important to address in education today, but are colleges promoting these behaviors with their approach toward higher education? .
In my opinion Kay has the pragmatic approach to education, where this approach has a hard time defining means and ends. This approach abandons any commitment to inherited practices and wants common teachings among those in higher education. (Neem) Inherited practices allow teachers and students to learn and grow from what "works" and what doesn't. How can someone say this is the way teachings have to be done if they themselves have not taught different ways first? The past and present both have proven benefits to higher education, we need to embrace these past experiences and learn from them. Students need to see other options and choices available. .
Now do colleges want to show success in their higher education program? Of course they do. Does this lead to some inflating grades and catering more to the wants and needs of students to recruit them? I am sure it does. But we want our colleges to be competitive and strive for higher marks. Teaching for tests is not the way to go, but if you tell a school they will be rated or paid differently dependent upon their test scores of course they will teach the tests.
So what are the implications of just abandoning the practices of universities? Universities would lose that luster needed to attract new students, however yes maybe the cost does go down.