Guardian: 'Dumbing down' row over value of degrees

A report set to be issued this month questions the long term financial value of a large proportion of degrees as a result of obtaining information usually withheld by universities about where their graduates end up working. Wes Streeting, of the National Union of Students, said; "We find it astonishing that universities continue to demand ever higher fees without showing how they make a difference to the people who pay for them." Lord Mandelson the cabinet minister for higher education, arrogantly said last night that he did not "recognise the committee's description" of universities.