interesting, but you sound frustrated… maybe you are studying the wrong course or at the wrong establishment? i struggled to agree with the business driven angle that some of these higher learning establishments are coming from… had the same experience at RMIT and left after a couple of years in disgust. Their reasoning is logical and gets results with some, but not all. They create a batch of GM business minded monkeys but not everybody studies for the same reason. They should realise and offer alternatives. Unfortunately the dollar is king and with the higher learning costs set to rise, I fear the teaching emphasis will be put even more on the ability to ‘succeed’ monetarily. Of course, historically we know all the biggest financial success stories come from thinking ‘outside the box’