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Dismay at Abelson departure.
Australasian Business Intelligence, October, 2005
Byline: Bernard Lane
Oct 04, 2005 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Macquarie University academics have expressed disappointment at the resignation of
prominent economist Peter Abelson. Abelson is a critic of what he perceives as declining standards in Australia's universities, and in a Sydney newspaper investigation in May 2004 he accused universities of "dumbing down" for foreign students. Macquarie University's disputed policy on outside employment
prompted Abelson to tender his resignation. Abelson is secretary of the Economics Society of Australia and has a long career as a consultant, including with Applied Economics,
of which he is a joint...
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