The âcommodificationâ of third level education has been criticised by Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell.
Under âpressure to be relevant, universities sometimes lose sight of what led to their foundation and of what their authentic mission consists,â he said.
Speaking on Monday morning via video link at an ecumenical service of fellows and scholars at Trinity College, Dublin, Archbishop Farrell commented âmany of you will have seen first-hand the threat to languages â ancient and modern, to classics and to the academic study of religion in such an environmentâ.
He said: âOf course, marketable skills are essential, but universities also have to provide enduring values â information, knowledge, even wisdom need to find a right relationship to the earth âand all its inhabitants,â as it says in the Psalm (Ps 24:1).
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