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(Australia) Rent-a-doctor: Medical McDegrees For Sale Under Howard Government
http://www.alp.org.au/media/0205/msedu090.php
Rent-a-doctor: Medical McDegrees For Sale Under Howard Government
Jenny Macklin
Media Statement - 9th February 2005
The Howard Government is allowing Samoan-based Oceania University of
Medicine (OUM) to sell online medical degrees to Australians for a
cost of $133,000.
The Howard Government is allowing the business to trade under the name
'university' despite the fact that it is not recognised as a
university by the Victorian Government.
This is further evidence that the Howard Government is not concerned
with the reputation and quality of Australian universities.
The Samoan-based Oceania University of Medicine (OUM) is a registered
business set up in Victoria. It offers Australians a three year
medical degree almost entirely online for $43,000 per year.
Applications are made through the business's Miami office.
People do not want to be treated by doctors who have bought an online
medical degree and haven't met high academic standards. People must
have confidence that their doctors are properly trained.
The Howard Government must protect Australian universities and
students against unscrupulous fly-by-night operators trying to cash in
on Australia's strong international reputation.
If Education Minister Brendan Nelson follows through with his threat
to water down the definition of a university, he will open the
flood-gates to a sea of fly-by-night degree providers.
Brendan Nelson wants to water-down protection of the Australian
university system:
one of the things I am determined to do is to re-examine the
definition of a university in Australia.
we need more choice, more flexibility and one of the things I will
be raising with the states is a re-definition of what is a university.
(Doorstop 17/11/2004).
Under the Nelson plan, the word 'university' will be robbed of any
meaning and Australia will be awash with McDegrees that aren't worth
the paper they are written on.
Instead of putting Australia's good name at risk and watering down
what it means to be a university, the Howard Government should be
protecting Australia's high standing and international reputation
http://www.alp.org.au/media/0205/msedu090.php
Rent-a-doctor: Medical McDegrees For Sale Under Howard Government
Jenny Macklin
Media Statement - 9th February 2005
The Howard Government is allowing Samoan-based Oceania University of
Medicine (OUM) to sell online medical degrees to Australians for a
cost of $133,000.
The Howard Government is allowing the business to trade under the name
'university' despite the fact that it is not recognised as a
university by the Victorian Government.
This is further evidence that the Howard Government is not concerned
with the reputation and quality of Australian universities.
The Samoan-based Oceania University of Medicine (OUM) is a registered
business set up in Victoria. It offers Australians a three year
medical degree almost entirely online for $43,000 per year.
Applications are made through the business's Miami office.
People do not want to be treated by doctors who have bought an online
medical degree and haven't met high academic standards. People must
have confidence that their doctors are properly trained.
The Howard Government must protect Australian universities and
students against unscrupulous fly-by-night operators trying to cash in
on Australia's strong international reputation.
If Education Minister Brendan Nelson follows through with his threat
to water down the definition of a university, he will open the
flood-gates to a sea of fly-by-night degree providers.
Brendan Nelson wants to water-down protection of the Australian
university system:
one of the things I am determined to do is to re-examine the
definition of a university in Australia.
we need more choice, more flexibility and one of the things I will
be raising with the states is a re-definition of what is a university.
(Doorstop 17/11/2004).
Under the Nelson plan, the word 'university' will be robbed of any
meaning and Australia will be awash with McDegrees that aren't worth
the paper they are written on.
Instead of putting Australia's good name at risk and watering down
what it means to be a university, the Howard Government should be
protecting Australia's high standing and international reputation