Mayhem

Yeah, nowadays colleges and universities are commercialised, instead of educating the next generation, the ultimate goal is to generate profit for shareholders...

From Economics' point of view, I would say it is the best thing to happen, what's the problem when you are willing to pay and they compete against each other offering better education with high quality? We all know how non-private institutions are like... I cannot imagine Malaysia without Taylors', Sunway and Monash, I would have to be like Indonesians.

Why do people, at one hand see themselves as "customers" (yeah, throwing weight around showing they have this and that right and the office and lecturer have yada yada obligation...) and on another hand curse about how the college/university only want their money.

It is not like THEY are the customers, I think a customer isn't a customer unless he/she is the one paying. When I bring my dog for a trim, I am the customer! Customers are usually their parents, and we talk about duty of the institution, I would say it is getting them into society on best effort basis.

Put short, if education shouldn't be commercialised, swear in name of god that we did not study for a higher payroll?