Dawie Roodt, an economist at the Efficient Group, has advocated that certain state universities in South Africa be closed and converted into colleges, claiming that they are not creating the “right skills” in comparison to private institutions. This concept stems from a worry about the skills mismatch in the South African employment market. However, the… Continue reading Dawie Roodt’s Proposal that South Africa’s Public Universities be Converted into Colleges Misdiagnosis the Problem and Undermines their Developmental, Democratic and Intellectual Missions