Chapter 38 Public Opinion Preparation

Is the enrollment of 800 students really a lot? Arthur just wanted to say, not much, really not much.

Compared with the tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of students in later universities, the Australian National University, as the only university in Australia, has an enrollment of 800, which is really very few.

But this actually depends on the population of Australia. Currently, Australia only has a full population of over 3.7 million people. The number of people who have graduated from high school and are suitable for university between 18 and 30 years old is even smaller. It is possible that the entire Australia cannot reach 10,000 people. .

"Principal Wilfrid Freeman Weinberg, how many people do you estimate to apply this time? Can it meet the prescribed enrollment standards?" Arthur asked.

The number of students to be admitted must still be in line with the number of applicants. If there are not too many people applying, then setting the number of students to be higher will have no effect. Instead, it will only add to the joke.

“Your Highness, after our preliminary calculation based on data from the Ministry of Education, we have initially learned that there are approximately more than 21,000 Australians who have graduated from high school and are of the appropriate age. Subtracting those who have stable high-income jobs, there are Less than 10,000 people are the potential people for this recruitment. Under normal circumstances, at least 1,000 people will sign up for this recruitment, but with your call, this number can be doubled several times." Wilfrey As de Freeman Weinberg spoke, the underlying meaning behind his words was a metaphorical request for Arthur to call on Australians of appropriate age to apply for university.

"Hahaha, that's fine. You are all elites in the education industry, and naturally you know that talent requires excellence. I hope you can select about a thousand of the best talents from the applicants and train them. It will be the mainstay of Australia in a few years." Arthur laughed and agreed to Wilfrid Freeman Weinberg's proposal.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid we have to consider another issue, and that is whether the families of the students who apply for the exam can afford the expensive cost of their university? I think the royal family and the government should pay most of the fees for these students, otherwise most of our students may We can only give up halfway." Wilfrid Freeman Weinberg did not give up even after achieving his goal, and continued to give Arthur suggestions.

As one of the senior leaders in the education industry, Wilfrid Freeman Weinberg spent most of his previous life as president or dean of major universities in the British Empire.

This time being hired by the Australian government with a high salary, Wilfrid Freeman Weinberg had only one request, that is, he must have a say in the development of the university.

Arthur naturally doesn't mind. After all, professional things have to be done by professional people. Although Arthur has a lot of experience and knowledge from later generations, as a monarch, he is qualified to leave his subordinates' affairs to his subordinates. of.

"No problem, the royal family promises to pay 70% of the tuition fees for all students, and the remaining 30% of the tuition fees will be advanced by the royal family first. When these outstanding students graduate and enter all walks of life in Australia, their Performance determines whether the advance tuition fee will be waived." Arthur nodded and said with a smile.

Arthur is not a philanthropic person. Arthur doesn't mind waiving part of the tuition fees for these students, but only part of it.

The royal family will advance the remaining tuition fees for them. Firstly, it can be used as an excuse to allow these students to serve the royal family. Secondly, it can also shorten the distance between these talents and the royal family. In other words, they are cultivating talents for the royal family.

Wilfrid Freeman Weinberg also saw Arthur's intentions, but Wilfrid Freeman Weinberg did not stop him.

His purpose was only to develop the Australian National University into one of the world's top colleges. As for other things, Wilfrid Freeman Weinberg didn't want to deal with it, and he didn't care.

"In addition, the royal family will also set up royal scholarships within the university to select two hundred poor students with outstanding moral character every year and provide at least ten pounds of funding." Arthur said with a smile.

This sentence is a bombshell. In this era when university talents are unique, a college student can be regarded as an out-and-out talent anywhere.

In addition to the different development of education in various countries, the reason for this phenomenon is also the relatively high cost of going to college.

Everyone here is an elite in the education field, but they have only heard that part of the tuition fee is waived for going to college, but they have never heard of paying money to go to college!

Arthur had previously waived most of the fees, and the remaining fees could be paid in advance. In other words, you can go to university without spending any money. In this case, the royal family will also provide scholarships. Doesn’t this entice everyone to come to Australia to attend university?

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that Arthur doesn't pay much every year, which is only two thousand pounds a year.

But this move can definitely greatly increase the attractiveness of Australian National University to those students. After all, everyone wants to take a gamble on the probability of a quarter of the scholarship.

"Okay, that's all the policies. You can adjust the number of admissions to the university based on the future application situation. But the maximum number should not exceed 1,500, and the minimum should not be less than 800. I will mobilize public opinion and call on all Australians to When people apply for college, it is up to you how to select the best talents among them." After Arthur said the last sentence, he left the conference room with his guards.

After Arthur left, everyone did not start to relax, but entered a new round of competition for places.

Although Arthur limited the number of students enrolled in the entire school, he did not limit the actual number of students enrolled in each major.

This has also resulted in each major being able to increase its original theoretical number of students to a certain extent, making its major the major with the largest enrollment this time.

While teachers from the five majors were fighting for their respective enrollment quotas, Arthur had already returned to the manor and started preparing to mobilize public opinion.

There are also newspapers in Australia, which were inherited from the original colonies and were now unified and purchased by Arthur.

It must be said that in this era, newspapers are the best tool for controlling public opinion. Controlling a country's newspaper circulation is actually controlling the country's public opinion.

After all, in this era without many entertainment facilities and activities, the only way for most people to learn about the outside world is to buy newspapers from newspaper companies or read other people's newspapers.

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